tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7123966.post7490263773196816069..comments2023-08-07T05:58:59.078-07:00Comments on Random Musings: Young whippersnappers & whippersnapperettesRebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01847552432061325769noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7123966.post-8628605109578904782008-06-16T11:43:00.000-07:002008-06-16T11:43:00.000-07:00Ok, let me start off by saying I agree with you. ...Ok, let me start off by saying I agree with you. Younger women should not be spouting off "preaching", trying to teach older women. And yes, many younger girls are doing just that. I haven't read very much of the "Rebekah" in question, so I don't have a particular opinion on her.<BR/><BR/>The thing that I do know is, as a 33 year old woman, I had very few godly older women to look to. And of those, only ONE really tried to TEACH my anything. I thank God for her every day!! <BR/><BR/>In reality, most of the older women I was in contact with *were* older, feminist women. They couldn't believe I wanted to *JUST* be a SAHM. They couldn't fathom not having my own "secret" account seperate from my husband "just in case". And never in a million years could they understand why my dh and I decided to allow God control over my womb ~ that went against everything FEMINISM had taugh them.<BR/><BR/>And YES, feminism has had a HUGE impact on even good, godly Christian women of today. It has infiltrated so much of our thinking, we don't even realise it anymore. We just think of it as "normal" and "accepted" and "what everyone does". As your previous commentor said ~ "if she would have had a more NORMAL life" ~ normal like whom? The world?? That's not the "normal" life I want for my children. I pray everyday they don't have a "normal" childhood.<BR/><BR/>So yes, I agree with what you said - every word. I just feel bad for these struggling girls....they are searching. The average, older Christian women is not guiding them, teaching them Godly values. How can she? She is at work and too busy to take the time to "teach" younger women.<BR/><BR/>And I'm not saying this is YOU - not by any means. I don't even know you! But from my own previous experience (which is ever-expanding as I live and grow), Godly, older women are hard to come by. When a young girl is trying so hard to live a Godly life....she is often mocked and made fun of by her "more-knowlegable" older couterparts. <BR/><BR/>I feel stuck in the middle. I want to help the younger gals, but still feel like I have so much to learn. I see older ladies who I would NEVER want "teaching" my daughters....and I see younger girls floundering about, making mistakes and not knowing what to do next. It's hard - yet something God calls us to work on nonetheless.<BR/><BR/>Anyways, just another thought to add to this. Again, I agree with your thoughts, just try to remember there may be more to this than simply an arrogant girl who thinks she knows it all.<BR/><BR/>Trusting in Him~<BR/>LoriAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12295189090047887816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7123966.post-10927351224970310542008-06-08T16:10:00.000-07:002008-06-08T16:10:00.000-07:00I read your replies on her blog and came over here...I read your replies on her blog and came over here to see the post she talked about. <BR/>I replied to this post under "old folks and life experience". <BR/><BR/>I agree with you and couldn't say it better. She is way too young to be preaching the way she does, especially to be pointing her finger at people. <BR/>I emailed her a couple of weeks ago, when her post regarding homemaking only had about 5 replies or so, and she hadn't started her long string of contradictions. I gently rebuked her, trying to encourage her zeal and discourage her pride, but I must say you did a much better job! Must be the fact that you are OLDER!!! haha<BR/><BR/>I feel sorry for her, really. Maybe one reason they like to preach and write books is because they don't have any other options. They won't be going to college, they are expected to be extremely mature and not engage in the usual talk about dating, fashion, music, cinema.... <BR/>I wonder if all that isolation, all that indoctrination, the huge emphasis on roles, the early preparation for marriage, the extra-special daddy-daughter relationship and the blinkered focus on marriage are not the root of this. <BR/>Would that girl be preaching about staying at home, what is sin and what isn't, and how Ruth (in the Bible) must have been in sin because she went to glean the fields, if she had a more normal life? <BR/><BR/>Just a few thoughts.Ruth https://www.blogger.com/profile/01646553469435371466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7123966.post-52399710217311427412008-05-30T19:21:00.000-07:002008-05-30T19:21:00.000-07:00Good words, Rebecca. There's a funny placard that...Good words, Rebecca. <BR/><BR/>There's a funny placard that hung in a shop we used to go to that said, "Hire a teenager while they still know everything"<BR/><BR/>Encouraging teens is a balance--we want to be proud of our kids who are making good choices. But it does sound like the situation you're describing is out of balance.Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05921654315127035691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7123966.post-87211244300113328762008-05-24T16:16:00.000-07:002008-05-24T16:16:00.000-07:00Funny, I just ran across her blog yesterday. I kne...Funny, I just ran across her blog yesterday. I knew she was young, but 15?! If only it were just youthful exuberance...The Savagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906014150752232747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7123966.post-10522974537847867422008-05-23T14:39:00.000-07:002008-05-23T14:39:00.000-07:00So incredibly well-said. I agree whole-heartedly....So incredibly well-said. I agree whole-heartedly.Genevievehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12684137366987833774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7123966.post-54126618050004610862008-05-23T12:01:00.000-07:002008-05-23T12:01:00.000-07:00Thanks for pointing this out. I've edited my post ...Thanks for pointing this out. I've edited my post to indicate this.Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01847552432061325769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7123966.post-50750897223988005272008-05-23T09:28:00.000-07:002008-05-23T09:28:00.000-07:00Rebecca, I just checked her blog, and the first co...Rebecca, I just checked her blog, and the first comment you made is there.simplegifts3https://www.blogger.com/profile/08000500581749760466noreply@blogger.com