This set of “10 Encouraging Mini Locker Posters for Girls Going Back to School” is the last, most important item on your girl’s “school supply list” this year, no matter what her age.  Why?  Because whether your daughter is excited to go back to school or experiences anxiety about all the unknowns, all girls of all ages need encouragement that will last them through the best days and the worst days.

The hardest part for us

The hardest part for moms is wishing we could be present in each moment to provide that encouragement…in the high’s, low’s, and all of the in-betweens…cheering her on, reminding her of truth, and defending her character.  We see all the excitements and hardships and take them on as our own, feeling her every exhilarated and painful heartbeat as ours.

But whether your daughter goes to public school, private school, or is even homeschooled, the hard truth is we can’t save her from every moment of hurt and need.  Us “mama bears” want to rescue and step in and tell her everything she needs to believe about herself.  It’s so tempting to try and be all of that to her.

But as much as we are given the job by God of protecting, raising, and instilling, ultimately we must also step back and allow Christ and God’s Word to minister to her so she may experience him for herself, just as we do.  If we become the one doing all the saving, fixing, and soothing, we run the risk of becoming our daughter’s savior.

And there’s only room for one Savior.

Jesus Christ is the true Savior she needs to face her gamut of daily joys and struggles.  And God’s Word applied in each situation is exactly where she’ll experience him.  When you can’t be present to help, your daughter needs to believe in God’s presence.  When you can’t solve her problem, she needs to know God won’t abandon her in those problems.

There are many encouraging truths your daughter needs tucked in her heart as she faces her own world and her own dilemmas…especially the ones that are bigger than you (and trust me, God will give her challenges that you are definitely ill-equipped to solve).

So as your daughter heads into a new school year, send her off with more than just fresh school supplies tucked in her backpack.  Send her off with fresh perspective, encouragement, and truth tucked in her mind and heart.  Because if the enemy has any strategy for your daughter this year (and you know he does), she’s going to need these daily.  Download the following mini locker posters.  Review these with her.  Talk them over.  Then print them out for her locker.  Print a set for her friend as well!  Each one is a powerful truth that you can trust God will use on her best and worst days.

10 Encouraging Truths and 10 Mini Locker Posters

Here are “10 Encouraging Truths for Girls Going Back to School” (to download 10 Encouraging Mini Locker Posters for Girls Going Back to School, so she’ll see these truths everyday, click here: Mini Locker Posters For best results, print on cardstock or laminate!)

1. You are matchless.  (She is made unlike any other for God’s glory and purpose) Psalm 139:14 “I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.  Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.”
2. You are beautiful.  (God sees her beauty inside, and that’s what matters)  1 Peter 3:3-4 “Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear—but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God’s sight is very precious.”
3. You are capable (through hard work, for God’s glory, not her own)  Colossians 3:23 “Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men”
4. You are forgiven (because of Jesus).  1 John 1:9 “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”  Also, Isaiah 1:18 “Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.”
5. You are imperfect (and that’s ok).  Romans 3:23-24 “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus”
6. You are loved (just as she is.  She doesn’t need to earn God’s love)  Romans 8:38-39 “For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
7. You are a treasure (because she is valuable to God, since he created her).  Luke 12:6-7 “Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? And not one of them is forgotten before God. Why, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; you are of more value than many sparrows.”
8. You are on a journey (to her destination, which is heaven.  The only way to get there is through Christ).  John 14:6 “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
9. You are changing the world (through her example, by God’s power, each and every day).  1 Timothy 4:12 “Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.”  Also, Matthew 5:14-16 “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

I hope she loves the “10 Encouraging Mini Locker Posters for Girls Going Back to School”. Which truth, do you believe, will minister to your daughter the most this year?  Which truth from God’s Word would you add?  Comment below!