3f. Older Women Teach the Younger Women to be: Good

Good

agathos

1. Of good constitution or nature 
2. Useful, salutary 
3. Good, pleasant, agreeable, joyful, happy
4. Excellent, distinguished
5. Upright, honorable

Older woman are to teach the younger women to have a good nature, be useful, pleasant, agreeable, joyful, happy, upright, honorable.

Did you know that you choose your mood?

"I just don't have a sunny disposition." No, you choose to not practice being happy. You practice bitterness and anger and have gotten good at it. Every time you choose to snap at someone or get upset you are practicing.

I got in the habit of being angry, once. It was a miserable couple of years. I felt justified in that anger in some ways, but deep down I knew it wasn't right. God worked me over the coals about that anger and I decided I had to change. It sure wasn't easy; but I tried to watch myself and respond in love and gentleness even when I felt like yelling. I tried to smile even when I didn't feel like it. I sang songs with gritted teeth, but I sang!

It took some time, but a change began to happen. I began to FEEL happier, more loving. I caught myself signing for joy while walking through the house, even dancing.

Things that used to make me mad, no longer bothered me.

Did I do this in my own determination? No, of course not. But God was not able to do this work in me until I decided to let Him. I decided to work with Him.

It is such an easy habit to get into, to be angry and bitter. We must determine we are not going to practice anger but to practice being happy. To have a good nature, be useful, pleasant, agreeable, and joyful.