A Word of Encouragement for Mentors
It’s National Mentoring Month, and One by One wants to recognize the time, effort, and dedication our mentors put in to guiding their mentees. One by One trains Christian women to serve as mentors to pregnant and new moms, walking alongside them through their pregnancies and their children’s early years and offering friendship and support without judgment
Our mentors who are walking faithfully with Jesus and pouring life into new moms carry a beautiful and powerful calling. New moms are in a season filled with sleepless nights, new routines, and tender beginnings, and our mentors offer a lifeline of wisdom, comfort, and hope rooted in Christ.
OBO mentors offer practical advice: educational information on a baby’s health, safety, growth, and development; activities to support the vital brain development between a baby’s birth and age three; life skills lessons; and access to resources such as housing, transportation, child care, education, and job training.
But our mentors offer so much more: the love and hope of Jesus. Our moms and mentors enter into long-term relationships and often develop deep friendships. As their relationships grow, mentors speak of their own testimonies and share how much God loves and wants to be in relationship with our moms.
We know there are moments when sharing their faith may feel difficult. The right words don’t always come easily. And sometimes mentors sense weariness, uncertainty, or even resistance from those they are mentoring. But we should all remember that it’s often in the hardest, most vulnerable moments that the light of Christ shines the brightest.
New moms are navigating deep waters: identify shifts, emotional highs and lows, and a new sense of responsibility. A mentor’s testimony, prayers, and simple reminders of God’s faithfulness can be anchors for their hearts. You don’t need eloquent words or perfect timing. Your presence, infused with grace and truth, is enough. The Holy Spirit will use your obedience.
Mentors should remember they are sowing seeds by planting truth in tender soil. Some of those seeds may take time to grow, but nothing sown in love and truth is wasted in God’s kingdom. “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” – Galatians 6:9
So keep showing up. Keep sharing, even when it’s uncomfortable. Let your own motherhood story – marked by God’s mercy – be a bridge. Your faith, lived out with authenticity, may be the thing that draws a new mom closer to Jesus.
Thank you to all of our mentors. You are doing holy work. You are not alone. And God will continue to equip you as you pour into others.
“Now may the God of peace…equip you with everything good for doing His will, and may He work in us what is pleasing to Him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever.” – Hebrews 13:20-21.
One by One mentors meet monthly with their moms throughout their pregnancies and their children’s early years. One by One provides free training and all of the materials needed to mentor a mom. We are currently looking for English and Spanish-speaking Christian women willing to mentor a mom in-person or virtually. Learn more today by clicking here.