Girlhood: Pretty Is Not Enough

By Theresia Tabe

"Girlhood, Pretty Is not Enough" teaches and encourages teen girls and young women to live a Godly life even though we live in a culture that lays so much value on outer beauty. The author whose life experiences she wants to share with young women as encouragement. The message is to help young women conn

• Language: English
• Publisher: URLink Print & Media, LLC
• Release date: Sep 24, 2021
• ISBN: 9781647539467

Theresia Tabe

Theresia Tabe is a board certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP-BC), a wife, author, speaker and mother of three. She is the founder and president of The No Girl Left Behind Non-Profit Organization, an academic and faith-based initiative. The mission of No Girl left Behind is to educate and empower young women and sharing the truth about God's word. This ministry equips young women to become better versions of themselves, knowing that their identity is rooted in Christ alone. Theresia Tabe also serves in the Teen ministry in her home church, Living Faith Church in Richardson, North Dallas, Texas.

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PRETTY IS NOT ENOUGH

THERESIA FUH TABE

Pretty is Not Enough

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Published in the United States of America

Library of Congress Control Number: 2021918240

ISBN 978-1-64753-944-3 (Paperback)

ISBN 978-1-64753-945-0 (Hardback)

ISBN 978-1-64753-946-7 (Digital)

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

To God Almighty who is. To the Holy Spirit for light and daily guide.

To my dear husband for his support. To my dear friend Dr. Laura Ngwainmbi for her superb wit, and for writing the honest and brilliant foreword.

Those who look to the Lord are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame. (Ps. 34:5).

DEDICATIONS

For my daughter Alexis, my nieces and To every single girl who finds herself in the pages of this book

CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

Dedications

Foreword

Introduction

One Rare Life

The World Needs You

Salt of the Earth

The Inner Circle

Overcoming Peer Pressure

Walk Your Path

Single Sister Secrets

Pretty is Not Enough

Light Bearer

Hide and Seek

Persistent Pursuit of God

A Solid Sense of Self

About the Author

FOREWORD

Forwarded by Dr. Laura Ngwainmbi

The knowledge of what is right or wrong is a road one must navigate with clarity. As a young woman, outside voices can sometimes silence the inner still voice. The voice of the media has grown so alarmingly loud in this decade, that what it says seems to be an unwritten law.

How does one know the true authentic self, created by the Maker? How does one find the WAY from the Word when there are so many routes shoved daily into our way from the mundane pleasures of the world? How does a young woman keep her sanity in catching up with the trends? How does one stay afloat and not drown in the sea of vanity and relevance? How does one become the proverbial 31 woman without being fed into the jaws of a generation that has made self-centeredness its flagship?

The Bible tells us to Ask it will be given to you; seek and you will find; Knock and the door will be opened to you. Mathew 7:7 (NKJV) The Word asks us to seek Wisdom and Understanding. Proverbs 4: 5 (NKJV) Out of the pages of this book, you will find enlightenment and guidance. Let it be the voice that silences the numerous voices in your spirit

You will find out that you are uniquely made, crafted with a Divine purpose, filled at birth with the Spirit of God, undefiled to be used for God’s purpose. You may be at this moment feel defeated, lost and wondering how your journey led you to this place. Only our Maker can right our wrongs.

GOD is your Father, your Healer, your Redeemer, your Restorer, your Reset Button. If you find yourself on perilous paths, do not hesitate to turn back to Him. You are precious and honored in the sight of GOD. Isaiah 43:4 (NLT). What a privilege! You are a Masterpiece of Creation, a Vessel of Honor, the Salt of the Earth. Matthew 5:13-16(NKJV). An image comes to mind of a cup of salt continuously filled with water daily, over the years, it will be unidentifiable as salt. If we continuously let the world dilute us of our purpose, we will be unrecognizable. Only Grace can rescue us at that moment. But why get there?

As you find your self in these words, find peace, find solace, find truth, most importantly find direction.

INTRODUCTION

This book teaches and encourages girls and young women to live a Godly live even though we live in a culture that lays so much value on outer beauty. Some illustrations in this book are based on a true life story of the author whose life experiences she wants to share with young women as encouragement. The message is to help young women connect with the experiences of the writer. For so long the world has dictated to girls what beauty is, but it is time to change the narratives by showing them who they are, who God says they are