Rooted and Grounded in Love

‘For many women, even Christian women, the longing for a place where they belong causes restlessness and insecurity. But the redeemed woman, who has been strengthened in her inner being to know that God has made a place for her in His heart will sing with the psalmist, ‘Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations’ (Psalm 90:1) …

She knows that her ‘adoption through Jesus Christ’ (Ephesians 1:5) makes her part of God’s family. She has been rooted and grounded in love; so she rejoices in her historical and global connection to God’s children, and she understands that  she lives out that connection locally in the church where God has called her to serve.

She may not have to risk her neck for her spiritual family, but she is willing to risk her comfort to love her husband and children, to spiritually mother other women, to defend her church family in prayer, to care for and support the weak and the needy and the fearful, to protect the reputation of church leadership by refraining from gossip and criticism, to rescue rebellious women, to comfort the grieving and the lonely.’ Duncan & Hunt, Women’s Ministry in the Local Church