"Younger leaders don't want me on the team; I'd just slow them down."
How it sounds in your head: They're building something fast and innovative and I don't speak their language. I'd be the old one asking questions, needing explanations, not getting the tech. They're being polite but they don't really want someone my age involved.
"The older women likewise, that they be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things—that they admonish the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, to be discreet, chaste, homemakers, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be blasphemed."
-- Titus 2:3-5Enemy's lie that experience is a LIABILITY instead of the ASSET that turns vision into sustainable reality.
She doesn't understand half the platforms they use. They communicate in memes and references she doesn't get. She feels slow in meetings that move at startup speed. Younger teammates exchange looks when she asks basic questions.
80-year-old Barzillai provided food, supplies, and strategic support to King David during Absalom's rebellion. The young king NEEDED the old man's resources and wisdom, and honored him publicly when victory came.
I REFUSE the lie that I'd slow the team down or that younger leaders don't want me. IT IS WRITTEN that older women are called to be TEACHERS of good things. I don't slow things down—I bring the STABILITY that turns vision into reality. I carry wisdom they can't buy, experience they haven't lived, and authority that only comes with years. IT IS WRITTEN that the righteous will flourish and still bear fruit in old age. I am not a liability—I am an ASSET, a Barzillai providing what youth can't access on their own. I am BLESSED with wisdom, favor, and strategic insight.
The Father isn't benching you—He's positioning you as the secret weapon that young leaders will SEEK because what they're building will collapse without the foundation only you can lay. They don't know they need you YET, but they will.