Do you ever feel like you might not be enough? Smart-enough, holy-enough, thin-enough? Remember this: your daughter, no matter her age, is perceptive to your thoughts and perceptions of yourself. Research shows time and again that the most influential force on a girl’s self-image are her parents.  

For those parents who feel like they aren’t enough, there’s good news. Our own weakness is fertile ground for God’s power. 2 Corinthians 12:9 says it all: “But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’” 

Boast in your weakness, not as a self-loathing act, but as a way to welcome God into your insecurities. The greatest lesson you can teach your girl is that God’s love and mercy make her more than enough. 

Listen to the Raising Godly Girls Minute with Patti Garibay: