There were five different women I was able to speak truth to this week. I love it when God puts women into my life! I took a few of my grandchildren to the park down our street three times this past week, and each time I found a young woman to speak truth to. I guess I will call the park my “fishing hole!”

The first one had two young children and was pregnant with her third. Her husband is in the military, so she is living with her mother-in-law. Her husband is the youngest of eight children, and none of his older siblings are married. Her parents are divorced, so she has no role model of a solid marriage. I told her about my life and marriage, and then encouraged her to be married for life since it’s a commitment. I also encouraged her not to argue with him but to learn to appreciate him instead. She thanked me.

The second woman was a young, beautiful single woman. She is a nanny. She’s 25 years old and wants to experience the “big world.” I explained that her most fertile years are from 18 to 25, and she was created to be a wife, mother, and homemaker. She listened but wasn’t interested. The world was far more interesting to her.

The third woman was another young, beautiful woman who is 22 and wants to be a lawyer. I shared what I shared with the other young women, and she said she would love to be a wife, mother, and homemaker! I told her maybe she’ll meet a husband at law school who will want her to be those things and support her fully. She’s not thrilled about college and a career, but it’s what she’s been told she’s supposed to do. She doesn’t understand what happened to her generation. Few want to get married and have children. It’s a sad situation.

The fourth woman was a 56-year-old gynecologist at my yearly appointment. (I wouldn’t go except I can’t get my hormones unless I do.) She was an OB until she was 46, but said she was constantly in a fight or flight state of mind. Being woken up in the middle of the night from a deep sleep and then having to be fully present just became too much for her. Now, she’s just a gynecologist with normal office hours. Many female doctors quit by 46 because the stress is too much. I don’t blame them. Women were created for the home.

The fifth woman was a 22-year-old woman just out of college. She wants to be a PA, so she’s a nurse now with my gynecologist. The topic of virginity came up when I mentioned I don’t get pap smears because my husband and I were virgins until marriage, and she told me she was never taught about sexual purity, but she’s a Christian now. She has a boyfriend whom she wants to marry. They are waiting for marriage, but it’s difficult. I told her about my book “The Power of the Transformed Wife.” She was interested. I explained about becoming the wife God calls her to be. She was warm and friendly with me, as were the others, except for the one who wasn’t interested in what I said at all, but we’re just responsible for planting seeds. I definitely felt a closeness with this one since we are on the same page, and she’s eager to learn.

We don’t need a pulpit or platform to speak truth to others. We just need to be open and friendly with those we meet while living our normal lives. I have spoken to some in my neighborhood, as I have shared before. Once I have shared the truth with them, I try to remember to pray for them. Once you get started, it becomes enjoyable! I love meeting new people and sharing the truth that I know. Young women desperately need this these days.

The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things. That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, to be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
Titus 2:3-5

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