There are
many blessings and joys in living in this world. In fact, God has thought of
everything to make our lives joyful and pleasant. Unfortunately, we now live in
a fallen world and that means that Satan does everything in his power to make
our lives miserable. Consequently, even with all our happiness and joy, there
are times when life can be complicated and hard. But, if we have turned our
lives over to Christ, we have the ability with our Salvation to overcome the
negatives in life and to live with peace and joy in our hearts.
Living for
Christ, though, means that we have to consciously look to Him for our strength
and live for Him daily. That is why the Apostle Paul said to “Clothe yourselves therefore as God’s own
chosen ones (His own picked representatives), [who are] purified and holy and
well-beloved [by God Himself, by putting
on behavior marked by] kind feelings, a lowly opinion of yourselves, gentle
ways [and] patience [which is
tireless and long-suffering, and has the power to endure whatever comes, with good temper.].” – (Colossians 3: 12. Amplified Bible). You see, the Apostle Paul was concerned that new Christians
would continue to be influenced by the negative actions, heresies, and
unethical demands of the world. Indeed, it can be easy for us to overlook
things that are totally against Christian living. In fact, because we are all
sinners, we have a tendency to down play or ignore the ungodly things going on
around us. But as Christian women, we have an obligation to “clothe ourselves as God’s representatives”.
As God’s representatives, we should consider becoming active Christian mentors.
But whether or not we decide to become active mentors, we must become positive
role-models for other women.
Being a
representative means that we are to be ambassadors for God and His Son, Jesus
Christ. As ambassadors, we are to help other Christian women, and women who
have yet to come to know Christ as their Savior, and we can do this through
ARCM. How can we mentor another woman? Well, we can again go to the Holy Scriptures
to get directions for our mentoring. The Apostle Paul states that we should “Be
gentle and forbearing with one another… [We are to] above all … [put
on] love and enfold yourselves with
the bond of perfectness [which bands everything together completely in
ideal harmony]. And let the peace (soul
harmony which comes) from Christ rule in your hearts. And be
thankful (appreciative), [giving
praise to God always].” Then the
Apostle Paul said: “Let the word [spoken by] Christ (the Messiah) have its home in
your hearts and minds and dwell in you in all its richness, as you teach and admonish and train one
another in all insight and intelligence and wisdom in spiritual things, …
And whatever you do in word or deed, do
everything in the name of the Lord Jesus and in dependence upon His Person, giving praise to God the Father through
Him.” – (Colossians 3: 13-16. Amplified Bible).
There is such
joy and peace in living for Christ and His Father. In fact, we are given even more
joy and peace when we share what we know about Christ with other women. You can
do it! You can actively mentor as Christ’s ambassador. You can actively
help other women in their struggles or spiritual growth through ARCM.
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