I was privileged to spend the last two days with a few other women and a couple of 16 year old girls to celebrate a very special young lady's "coming of age." We gathered around her, blessed her with words, covered her in prayer and simply had FUN together. It was precious and beautiful to me. This is one thing our Western culture has unfortunately not valued. But oh! how valuable it is.
I had a big 16th birthday party...and in a sense it was a "coming of age" party - the intent behind it was to celebrate the life I was stepping into.
Being on the other end this time around and being one of the ladies that was able to speak into her life, was very emotional and very moving. I love that there are those who are seeking to do this better...to understand the significance of under-girding and preparing our children for adulthood. There is a spiritual law of sowing and reaping that kicks into place when we do this. Sowing into the future will reap beautiful blessing.
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I can identify with this! When I turned 16 an elderly lady spoke into my life by way of a poem. At the time I was moved to tears and overwhelmed that she cared enough to do that for me. Last year I was getting rid of most of the things that I had kept over the years and I found this poem. I realized, as I read it over again, that she had prayed hope over me through that poem. The Lord loved me, the Lord would be faithful, the Lord would not leave me. It brought me to tears again, and started me thinking about sowing into my girls life and helping them step into new stages and how to do that! I love your blog!! Thanks for sharing with us!
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