I happened upon this book at a time in my life when I felt like a failure.  I had many people seeking me for encouragement, but I found little encouragement from others in return.  While we shouldn't do things just for the sake of a pat on the back, it is nice to have an encouraging word of praise now and then.   This book provided the encouragement I needed at the exact time I needed it.  Her words confirmed what I was doing was right and necessary.  She was the voice of experience telling me that my novice attempts would be rewarded with growth.  In this book, Susan Hunt encourages women of all ages to seek out other women to encourage and disciple in the Christian faith.  This is referred to a Spiritual Mothering.  Whether or not we are mothers to children, everyone can find another sister in Christ who is younger in her faith and needs to be taught, guided, and encouraged.  

The book starts with the Biblical mandate for women teaching women.  Titus 2:3-5 says, "Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine.  They are to teach what is good, and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled."  Mrs. Hunt points out that the reference to older women is not necessary in regards to chronological age so much as it is to spiritual age.  As we grow in our knowledge of God, we are to pass that on to others.  

Susan Hunt continues the book with the model of mentoring taken from the example of Elizabeth and Mary.   I don't know how many times I have read that Mary visited her older cousin, Elizabeth, once she had received the news of her pregnancy from the angel.  Never in reading that passage have I thought of Mary being mentored by Elizabeth.  It makes sense.  Mary was probably in her late teens or early twenties.  We know that Elizabeth was past the age of childbearing.  Elizabeth had some life experience that she could pass along to a young girl on the verge of motherhood and about to be married.  Using this example, the author shares how we can teach and train others.

She ends the book with some practical ways to implement this mentoring model within the Church today.  She offers encouragement both for those who are currently mentoring others as well as those not sure how to start.  She encourages younger women to seek out older women to be their mentors.  She also explains that, just like mothers must let their children grow up and move out, spiritual mothers must also acknowledge when the time has come to let these daughters in Christ grow up and move on.  

I highly recommend this book to all women of any age.  Not only is there something to be learned, but throughout the book are there testimonials from women who have benefited from this model of mentoring.  Whether young or old in chronological age, we should all be seeking a spiritual mother-daughter relationship with others in the Church.  This model was the impetus for the start of this website.  My heart is that my website would serve as an encouragement for others in their walk with the Lord.  While it is best to have someone personally mentoring you, I hope this serves as an additional motivation as you journey on the path God has for you.