Ideas and Dreams and Prayer

So....I've been in the process of trying to find my nitch with my creativity. First I started making baby things...from clothes, to accessories, to gift baskets for baby showers. Then that ship seemed to sail...so then I got back into doing hair, weddings, prom, etc. Well after Baby GAP was born, my clients died off due to my availability and time. Now I have a new dream/idea in the works...I've tossed around a lot of ideas to friends and family. I never felt that I could commit to the business I originally had thought of, mainly because my views have changed over the past few years. Life isn't just about making it through each day, or doing the minimum to get by....its about serving our Lord, spreading his word through your love and interaction with others. I may have views some don't agree with, but when I look at the big picture, I see a world of people lost in translation. People searching for answers, wanting control, but unwilling to acknowledge how much God has helped them in life. If we feel this need to be in control...its because your out of control. Not to say your crazy or acting wild, but to say "YOU ARE NOT IN CONTROL OF YOUR LIFE." If you desire than control, look to God. I look at our children who look to God for everything, the world around them may be a wreck but that know God will take care of them. Big E soaks up so much knowledge and love when he reads the bible, a 6 year old reading a bible and finding it fulfilling is such a blessing. When I look at what we have ahead of us, what our children may deal with. I think what can I do as a parent to not only protect them while they are young, but prepare them for what's to come in their future. After prayerful discernment I feel that as a woman who went through some serious self disrespect as a young adult, I don't want that for our kids. I want them to know who they are to feel proud to be a moral individual, whether they are accepted for who they are or not. Children should have confidence that who they are will one day attract their future spouse. They shouldn't be looking for that spouse at the age of 16, or 18... Children of today look for love at a younger and younger age, though its not the fulfilling kind of love. Its the empty love, the one you turn around to days, weeks, or months later and ask...where that part of me that I gave to that person. I'm missing a piece of who I am and they took it with them...they loved that person too much to know when love turned to lust. Oh the lack of self respect teens today have. I sat with my mom in front of a restaurant the other night, we were just chatting. Then suddenly a teenage girl passes by our car in what could have been labeled at boyshort(i.e. swim bottoms, or panties). Sadly I don't look at this girl and think, what trash, I think...her poor soul. God help her to respect herself so others can respect her in return. We head inside the restaurant and sit down, still talking about what we witnessed, as I turn to see a girl across from us in Daisy Dukeish still shorts...with are you ready for this....a black tube bra under a completely see through long sleeve black shirt. She was with her boyfriend just soaking up all the attention she could get from him. It brought me back to when I was that age, I remember trying to hard to get a guys attention....and for what a smile!?!? So...after witnessing all this I began to think about what's missing in our youth and why they don't respect who they are. Its a lack or good role models, God, good family structure, and the big one which is created by all this SELF RESPECT. What can we do to make a change, to help our youth, and the future families of our nation... Aside from praying for God to watch over and protect them...I'm int he process of doing some serious research on what's missing that we can provide as physical help to each and every girl. Obviously for a business to function you need money to make things, do things, get the ball rolling. So yes I think a business like this may need to have some kind of purchase involved, but I also think that it can be affordable. Businesses can manage helping those in need if those that have a little extra can pay the actual cost of things. So I ask you as you read this to please pray for me as I pray and decern what my role should be in helping our youth, but specifically girls of today, respect themselves so they can find the eternal love they need in their futures. BTW..this website is a great way to get info on modesty guidelines for girls, so they learn to dress to respect their bodies. http://www.purefashion.com/cities/austin