"I'm too old now to mother anyone. That season passed, and I have nothing left to offer."
How it sounds in your head: You're 73, and young mothers don't ask your advice anymore. The culture has moved on, and what you know about raising children feels outdated. You missed your window, and now you're just taking up space.
"They shall still bear fruit in old age; they shall be fresh and flourishing."
-- Psalm 92:14World system that measures value by youth and productivity, declaring anyone past childbearing obsolete.
Your body can't keep up with toddlers, and you feel invisible in mothering circles. Technology changed everything, and you wonder if your wisdom even applies anymore.
She was called barren and past menopause, hidden in shame for decades. Then God gave her a son at an impossible age who became the forerunner of the Messiah - her ONE child baptized Jesus and launched the New Covenant.
I REFUSE the lie that I'm too old to mother. IT IS WRITTEN I will STILL bear fruit in old age, fresh and flourishing. My wisdom is NEEDED, not outdated. IT IS WRITTEN the older women are assigned to teach the younger, and I carry decades of experience this generation is desperate for. I am a BRANCH connected to the VINE, and fruit flows through me naturally. The BARAK blessing on my life makes me the head and not the tail, and my latter glory is GREATER than my former.
The Father is bringing young women to your door - broken, confused, desperate for a mother who won't shame them - whispering, 'I've been saving them for you because you have the scars to handle their stories.' Your greatest mothering is happening NOW.