This week I had an acquaintance from church over. Having never interacted with her outside of church, I found myself getting very nervous... Would she look around at my clutter piles and be disgusted? I mean, I'm still "unpacking from the move" and "in transition"... But that really isn't a good excuse for a pile of misc. crap in my dining room... I feel like my time is so limited! These weekends just fly by and in the evenings, I'm utterly exhausted ever night! ... So I feel like my life is a fast moving, crazy train where I'm lucky if myself and my kids survive....
Now, don't get me wrong, I do fun things too... But the majority of my life right now feels like it's stuck on survival mode!
I certainly don't have the time or expertise to help others! Definitely not enough experience (or snarts) to be a role model!
But as she walked into my house, into the basement (the most cluttered room in the house) she gasped and said " wow, you are so organized!"... As she walked around seeing me house, she must have exclaimed half a dozen times how I was her "role model"... Me, the Homeschooling, mom of five... Who feels like I'm doing it all wrong, was receiving a compliment, and I honestly didn't know how to respond!... But it got me thinking... Am I a role model? Should I be one? Do I have anything to share? Isn't that for the " older" woman?!... I'm kinda in the middle I think... But I realized, I am older! Maybe not old (even tho I feel old some days), but I am older... And I HAVE learned a few things over the years... Realized after she left, that I am probably 10-12 years older than her! I certainly have learned a few things over the last 10-12 years... And I was so blessed to have an older sister, and mom and a few other "role models" in my life that have helped me tho so much!!
So, with all of that said... I pray, that I can be a Godly role model to all the younger moms at my church and wherever I meet them! I pray that I would not allow the devil to convince me that I have nothing to share, or that I'm not smart enough.
So, whatever stage of life you are in... Remember, there is someone younger that is looking at you, and you are a role model to them!!! Do not think it is a thing to do when you are old... It is a choice and a responsibility!
Be a Godly role model!!
