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orities at home? Don’t be intimidated by the unique
contours of her life. Though she primarily communicates
via texting and has a Facebook friendship circle
of one thousand, she is not that different from you!
Like many women, she may face insecurity, loneliness,
competition, exhaustion, and over-commitment. She
is challenged to love and submit to her husband, and
she needs to be reminded of the gospel and the second
coming of Jesus.
Are you a younger woman who could summon the
wisdom of one who has walked with the Lord longer
than you have? Don’t be intimidated by the unique
contours of her life. Though she has an empty nest and
doesn’t have an email address, she is not that different
from you! She is waiting to be humbly invited to speak
into your life. She has the wisdom of years that will help
you to see that your work in your home and family is
meaningful because of what Jesus has done and because
of what he will do. She can help you to create an environment
where love, purity, kindness, self-control, and
submission flourish.
Together, we can teach and live what is good because
we live between Jesus’ comings—and we can do so with
gratitude and great hope.
ENDNOTES
1
John Stott, The Message of 1 Timothy and Titus
(Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 1996), 192.
2
Stott,196.
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