Women who REALLY love their baby sisters @ PTP!
Here’s the second round of ideas for helping the baby sisters learn to crawl! You love them so much, but the nurturing has to be intentional!
6. Call her when she is missing. Call or text and just say, “Is everything okay? Missing you.”
7. Surely you have a group of texting sisters who are constantly shooting one another those prayer requests. Put your new sister in your sisters’ prayer list.
8. Put her in a prayer group, too. Pick out three strong people and tell her that they want to be praying for whatever she needs.
9. In our world, you are going to convert some single moms if you are reaching people at all. Be sure to put the single moms in a group with other single moms who are stronger. The new sisters will feel much more incorporated and less isolated. Further, the seasoned and faithful single mamas in the group will have the most pertinent answers to the dilemmas faced by the new (and single) Christians. You really need seasoned Bible students in this group, if possible. In our congregation, thanks to Jen Crowden, the moms in this texting group also meet up frequently for lunch at the building, They are offered childcare while they attend seminars or while they have meetings with the elders. This group is golden in their development. And (this one’s important)…love on her children!
10. Don’t let sin slide, but be gentle when you approach correction. Find five things to encourage -things she is doing right–for every one word of caution or correction. Most often, she will thank you, saying, “I can fix that. I didn’t know that was wrong, but now I see.”
Look at these teens taking notes! I love it!
More next time!