There are goddaughters who want to hear what you have learned. They want to be seen as well as shown. They want to hear your regrets and share your joy. They need someone who reminds them that motherhood is both exhausting and amazing.
There are single mothers who need to hear that they are heroes who should be helped by us in every way we find our- selves capable of. There are single daughters who need to hear that marriage isn’t the answer to everything. Divorced women who find themselves cruelly cast off or suddenly alone. All of these need older women who have learned how to navigate the tides of time so they won’t miss the strength of their current season. They need someone safe to help them dream as well as navigate the pain of betrayal.
You may be thinking, Wait a minute, I am not old! Friend, you don’t have to be old; you just have to be an old soul. We have amazing friends who pastor in Singapore, and in their church, everyone is positioned to pour into someone younger . . . fifteen-year-olds are pouring into twelve-year-olds. This means we are all godmothers as much as we are goddaughters.
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Excerpted from Godmothers: Why You Need One. How to Be One by Lisa Bevere. Copyright ©2020 by Lisa Bevere. Used by permission of Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group.
