Looking for blogs

I’m sure you’re surprised to receive this after such a long hiatus but I have a question….

Does anyone know of blogs or devotionals being written by Christian women of - shall we say - mature age?

[PS doesn't usually come first in a letter, but it does today.  If you don't want to continue getting my blog you can unsubscribe without hurting my feelings. The list is maintained by a third party and I do not know who subscribes and who doesn't.]

We have some excellent young women writing very well but I crave input from my own generation. The young use examples of pregnancy and child raising, career problems, buying first house, conflicts arising in a young marriage, how to cope with too much to do, etc. I can relate because those are part of my past. Been there. Got the T-shirt. Survived. But now my concerns include career gone, downsizing of home and belongings, losses of all sorts, relating to grown children and their children, having husband home all day because he's retired too, having to manage unscheduled time, etc. I know there are very good blogs and devotionals suitable for all ages and stages and I subscribe to a few. However, I feel the need for some closer camaraderie and I have found very few that fit the category.

The oppressor, the oppressed and the observer

My mind has been struck by an uncomfortable truth... I have been reflecting... I'll try to explain...

While studying Genesis 1 & 2, I became fixated on the fact that God breathed his breath into mankind whom He created. Who was a little lower than the angels. Who was made in His image, His likeness. God breathed His breath, His spirit, His very essence into man.

At the same time, hovering in my thoughts is the image we've all seen in recent days. An image of two men: one dressed in orange, subjugated, kneeling, and one in black standing in obvious superiority and brandishing a weapon. The oppressor and the oppressed.  But there is a third party in this scenario and that's me - the observer.  

What strikes me at this point is the central equality of all of us –

the oppressor, the oppressed, the observer.

Equally we are alive because we have had the breath of life breathed into us by God!

DIALOGUE

Occasionally I'm involved in conflict - now don't tell me I'm the only one!

There's the spouse, the children, the grandchildren, work, volunteer activities, etc  

We don't always see eye to eye (surprised??!!)  

Interactions sometimes result in...

"Dialogue"

(what a nice way to say it!)

Recently I was struck by this comment--

"Dialogue should never degenerate into WHO is right,

but should focus on WHAT is right."*

And how do we know WHAT is right?  

Because we know WHO wrote the Good Book.

And why do we focus on WHAT is right?

Because God is RIGHT-EOUS.

(*Beth Moore, So Long Insecurity, p. 254, quoting Rob Jackson, counselor)