The Go-It Alone Culture
(On Needing People)
Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor. For if either of them falls, the one will lift up his companion. But woe to the one who falls when there is not another to lift him up. Furthermore, if two lie down together they keep warm, but how can one be warm alone? And if one can overpower him who is alone, two can resist him.
A cord of three strands is not quickly torn apart.
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12
*Friendship has always been a strength of women, and yet we live in a very isolationist culture. What are the consequences when a woman does not have a companion to help her?
*What is an answer to keeping from falling down in the trials of life and motherhood, and how can you develop a network of friends to walk beside you in this journey so you will not be alone?
Older women likewise are to be reverent in their behavior, not malicious gossips nor enslaved to much wine, teaching what is good, so that they may encourage the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, to be sensible, pure, workers at home, kind, being subject to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be dishonored. Titus 2:3-5
*Mentoring from someone more experienced and wiser is always a great help in almost any field of education or ideals. Who is most likely to be able to help you have perspective in your journey as a mom, according to this verse?
*What are the specific areas you are supposed to make your focus as a woman of God?
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*Questions taken from page 23-24 of
Desperate: Hope for the Mom Who Needs to Breathe
By Sarah Mae and Sally Clarkson
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*Questions taken from page 23-24 of
Desperate: Hope for the Mom Who Needs to Breathe
By Sarah Mae and Sally Clarkson
