At our
work retreat last month one of the speakers read a letter she wrote to her
daughter about why older women are not mentoring younger women. I wanted to
share the end of it with you because it really hit home for me.
“Like Paul in Philippians 4:1 I pray
thanksgiving:
‘Therefore, my brothers and
sisters, you whom I love and long for, my
joy and crown, stand firm in the Lord in this way, dear friends!’
The young women who I spend
time with are my joy and crown! My life
is blessed by their pursuit of Jesus and me.
My prayer is that they too will stand firm in the Lord so that when the
day comes and the world tells them they have nothing left of value, the next
generation that wants to find Jesus will see Him in them.”
Wow.
It gives me goose bumps every time. I want to live a life that honors the Lord.
I want to stand firm in my beliefs and I want people to see Jesus in me. I want
to be surrounded by people who bring me up so I can reach my potential. Make me
a better person. Challenge me. Love me. Accept me.
As I
thought about this concept of surrounding myself with people that are my joy
and crown I realized how blessed I am. I have some pretty amazing women in my
life that build me up and make me a better woman. Wife. Daughter. Friend. Women
who are family and women who I just met this year. All crowns and joys of my
life.
Who
are your crowns?
2 comments:
I love this!! I'm in a small group at church and were talking about something similar to this last night. Those ladies in my group are definitely my crowns!
I wish I had an older mentor. The one lady I really liked at my church and I thought about asking her- moved! It is such an important thing.
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