It takes a village
Women need women.
There is a companionship among women, a kinship that is necessary for life. They are bound by their designed purpose to love, nurture, give care, lift, protect, empower, encourage, inspire, challenge, understand, lean on, and seek out one another.
If you are an older woman, (meaning matured with life experiences) how are you allowing God to use all the things He taught you over the years? Think of the countless experiences you have had in “on the job training” as a wife, mother, friend, sister, and co-worker. Have you heard yourself say, “If I had known then what I know now?” We hold volumes of insights and in depth understanding and some wisdom gained along the way that needs to be shared.
The Holy Spirit gave some instructions to you and me that we should take seriously. “Bid the older women … to give good counsel and be teachers of what is right and noble, so that they will wisely train the young women… Titus 2:3,4 (AMPC)
It is a privilege to be used to shape and mold younger women in godly living. The world is snatching and tearing at their image and shredding their identity with alarming success.
You are needed. Young women want to know you.
Time and experience have produced some very beautiful qualities in you. The benefits of aging are grossly underestimated. Younger women are in desperate need for words of good counsel and care from a godly and dependable source. They are searching for authentic relationships. They want to witness faith that has been tried, tested, and proven true. They need to see endurance that produces a woman of godly character, and the beauty that radiates from the hope found in Christ’s love. They are searching for a living picture of commitment that does not falter when the ferocious winds of life threaten to tear them apart.
A mentor is not someone with a perfect life.
A mentor is being perfected as she yields and surrenders her life to the will and work of God. A mentor does not have all the answers but she points you to the Answer. Maybe that describes you? Younger women need to hear that marriage is not easy, … but God … raising children is the hardest job you will ever have, … but God… learning to establish priorities and make influential decisions is a constant challenge… but God. They need to know there are times we have failed or misunderstood or ignored, … but God… They want to see a relationship with Jesus that works in everyday life!
