Motivation Monday - Why the World Is Crying Out for Women
“We are part of accomplishing His commission, with an intentional, female approach to seeing a thriving and sustainable world, locally, nationally and globally.”
I attended a birthday celebration yesterday for a friend who was celebrating a mature birthday. My table-mates were women who are seasoned and carry the wisdom of the ages, that will never get old. We
all agreed that the world needs women who carry the next generations of females in their heart, in their soul – and are committed to nurturing
them, raising them and releasing them into the world like a mother raises and releases her own biological or spiritual children.
These women are holding space for me. And I am holding space for those coming behind me. I want doors to open, glass ceilings to shatter and for women to own their God-given value and step into spheres of influence that will enable the church to flourish like never before. It’s time. I am here to mother the now and next generation of females – and you also have that opportunity, no matter if you are a biological mother or how old or young you are. There is someone coming behind you. They need to know you’ve got them. You see them. You are forging paths for them. You are valuing them as image bearers. You are modelling courage and resilience and perseverance for them. You
believe in them.
It is 2022 and still the question of whether women can lead is not settled. For most, it has been settled outside the evangelical church, but inside the intangible boundaries of church life, there is a glass ceiling for women that has also become he elephant in the room. We think we have freedom in Christ as equal image-bearers, but the reality is often not reflected in the affirmation of the unique, refreshing and restorative gifts women bring to the table.
Maybe it is time to affirm the value of female leadership as crucial to turning the upside down world back upright. Maybe it’s time for the spiritual mothers to stand up and commit to raising the now and generation of females. We have been gifted by God with unique psychological strengths that are invaluable even in and especially in, times of crisis like the one we are in right now.
In situations where conflict that leads to isolation thrives, women
nurture.
In situations where we are disconnected, women connect and
build bridges.
In situations where we are grieving, women comfort and
empathy.
In situations where there is an impoverished one, few or many,
women advocate.
In situations where the future seems hopeless, women raise the
next generation of world-changers.
In situations where sin is all around and is looking for ways to tear
families apart, women defuse the destructive forces.
IN A CHAOTIC WORLD OF DISPLACED IDENTITY, SECURITY AND
ASSURANCE, CALM AND COMFORT COMES DOWN AND GOES OUT LIKE A WELCOME BALM FROM THE HEART OF GOD THROUGH FEMALE HANDS.
God said women are leaders. Eve was ezer kenego, an ‘equal match’ to Adam, co-commissioned to populate and rule the earth.
WE ARE PART OF ACCOMPLISHING HIS COMMISSION, WITH AN INTENTIONAL, FEMALE APPROACH TO SEEING A THRIVING AND SUSTAINABLE WORLD, LOCALLY, NATIONALLY AND GLOBALLY.
God included the leadership stories of Jochabed, Miriam, Deborah, Esther, Lydia and so many more in His word, so we would know that they were intrinsically crucial to the unfolding of His greater story for His people.
In the April 12, 2021, online edition of Crosswalk.com magazine, Julie Sanders wrote:
“The world gasps for the good brought by godly women engaged in
nurturing leadership. According to author Haley Gray Scott in her work
Dare Mighty Things, “One in three women throughout the world—a
total of one billion—will be raped or beaten at some point in their lives.
The proportion of women exposed to physical violence in their lifetimes
ranges from 12 percent in China to 59 percent in Zambia.” The world
longs to be tended by the nurturing nature of more women leaders.”
Nurtured women nurture women.
Wherever you are positioned right now...in your home, in your career, in your church, in your ministry, on your sickbed, your influence matters. Proportionately, women have been the ones exposed to the horrors of the world, and proportionately are also the ones who can best offer solutions to the restoration of a world without unnecessary evil.
YOUR COMPASSION, EMPATHY AND PRAYERS FOR A HURTING AND CONFUSED WORLD ARE THE WOMB FROM WHICH GENERATIONS CAN BE CRADLED AND GENERATIONS CAN BE RAISED.
Wherever you lead, God pours out the nurturing the hurting world waits for.
You can begin by giving your time and wisdom to the girls coming behind you.
THE WORLD GASPS FOR THE GOOD BROUGHT BY GODLY WOMEN ENGAGED IN NURTURING LEADERSHIP.
This is a season unlike any other. I am wondering if I can remind you that you have been crafted uniquely to be part of the solution, for such a time as this.
NO MATTER IF YOU HAVE EVER BIRTHED A CHILD FROM YOUR
WOMB, YOU WERE CREATED TO NURTURE, RAISE UP AND SUSTAIN.
Would you stand up and say yes to what only you can do in your sphere of influence. This is your time to mother the living on your watch.
I believe in you.
Cathie