My "candle" has become to URGE the older women in church to love and guide and nurture the younger ones.
It's SO MUCH EASIER TO CURSE THE DARKNESS. To sit back and do our lives... to play with out grandkids.. and go on vacation.. fix up our homes..and... we look around and sadly shake our heads and ...bemoan and mourn about how SAD IT IS WHAT SATAN IS DOING TO FAMILIES...but we never take a look in our 10X mirrors and grasp that WE ARE GOD'S ANSWER to what satan is doing to families. Does God have a plan to save the younger generation? YUP. Look in the mirror. You're the plan.
Trust me.. Mrs. Older is NOT a cranky old lady... I write HUMOR columns. I am a happy little trooper of a woman. BUT THIS CANDLE IS BURNING SO HOTLY WITHIN ME. BURNING DEEPLY. This little blog is just one way I am lighting candles... PLEASE CARE FOR THE YOUNGER WOMEN AROUND YOU. Be there. Care. Love. Teach. Nurture. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS RETIREMENT IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD. You may not be a Bible teacher, but you know LOTS OF THINGS that younger women would WELCOME.
A blog or two ago, I asked younger women to write and tell me their side of the story. This woman commented. I am INCLUDING her comments here...
Thank you sweet woman for posting them.
"I think there are a few things that play into this dynamic.
Women from 20-40 have been raised in a feminist society that double-dog dares
us to admit we can't do or know it all by ourselves. This is terribly
unbiblical, but most of us don't even know that. We were largely raised in
homes where God was only mentioned occasionally if at all. We may have been
taken to Sunday school and VBS, but we weren't taught at home because our
parents were both working to provide us with a "better life." Because
we are following in their footsteps, we are much more influenced by societal
norms than biblical truth.
We desperately need help from women who've been there and done that, but we believe that to acknowledge that need is weakness. For those of us who do know our Bibles and value its truth and our Savior more than what society would have us believe, pickin's are slim. It's rare to find a woman our mothers' ages who is spiritually mature enough to help us.
In my case, I have several wonderful, older, godly, bible-brained women whom I can ask for help. I feel VERY blessed in this. Of course, these relationships happened because I did actually ask for help. I remember the first older women to offer me help without my asking. She was persistent even though I gave her the, "I've got it covered," attitude (I was 23 and quite arrogant back then). She became one of the most precious people to ever love me. We developed a beautiful relationship, though I never made it easy for her. She was willing to face my rejection of her offer of experience in order to love me. Sounds like Jesus, doesn't it?
Older women, please don't take our arrogance and falseness personally. Do what God calls you to do even if we aren't mature enough to appreciate it. It WILL make a difference."
We desperately need help from women who've been there and done that, but we believe that to acknowledge that need is weakness. For those of us who do know our Bibles and value its truth and our Savior more than what society would have us believe, pickin's are slim. It's rare to find a woman our mothers' ages who is spiritually mature enough to help us.
In my case, I have several wonderful, older, godly, bible-brained women whom I can ask for help. I feel VERY blessed in this. Of course, these relationships happened because I did actually ask for help. I remember the first older women to offer me help without my asking. She was persistent even though I gave her the, "I've got it covered," attitude (I was 23 and quite arrogant back then). She became one of the most precious people to ever love me. We developed a beautiful relationship, though I never made it easy for her. She was willing to face my rejection of her offer of experience in order to love me. Sounds like Jesus, doesn't it?
Older women, please don't take our arrogance and falseness personally. Do what God calls you to do even if we aren't mature enough to appreciate it. It WILL make a difference."
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