I want to share another way to be a powerful woman in 2025. How? My turning towards Our Beloved Mary.
Mary offers us another way. A quiet, unwavering, deeply feminine strength. Not fragile. Not passive. Not small. Just steady, holy, and whole.
So what does it look like to live like Mary in our time, with the pressures of 2025, especially for a woman with a job, a home, young children, and a husband who is trying his best? What does that kind of surrender and strength look like today?
Let’s begin with what she says no to.
Say No To
The pressure to prove your worth through productivity
Your value is not determined by how much you accomplish in a day. Your children and husband need your attention more than your to-do list.
Resentment toward your husband’s limitations
You were not called to mother your husband. When you shift from correcting to encouraging, something in him will begin to grow.
Constant comparison
You are not supposed to live someone else’s story. Looking at curated homes and filtered faces will only distract you from your own sacred responsibilities.
Hyper-independence
You were never meant to do everything alone. Let God lead. Let others help. Accept that resting does not make you less faithful.
Sexual confusion and false liberation
You do not have to trade your sacredness for attention. Modesty, fidelity, and self-respect are not outdated. They are beautiful.
The belief that children are inconvenient
Your lifestyle was never meant to take precedence over life itself. Children are not in the way. They are part of the way.
Say Yes To
Making your home a place of peace
It doesn’t need to be perfect. But it does need to be filled with the kind of order and love that brings people back to each other.
Trusting instead of controlling
Let your husband grow into his role without needing to dictate every step. His masculinity is best nurtured by respect, not frustration.
Receiving your identity rather than performing for it
You are not a machine. You are a beloved daughter. You were chosen, not for what you could do, but for who you are.
Taking time for silence and prayer
You don’t need an hour. Sometimes five quiet minutes are enough to center you again.
Choosing devotion over distraction
You don’t need every new book or parenting method. Begin with love, consistency, and prayer. Let those become your foundation.
Honouring your limits
You are finite. Rest is not failure. Saying no is not selfish. It is often the doorway to grace.
Mary didn’t become holy by doing more. She became holy by doing one thing well: saying yes to God.
Her strength is not outdated. It is exactly what our culture needs right now. We don’t need louder women. We need clear women. We don’t need more control. We need more courage. We don’t need more domination. We need more devotion.
You do not need to become a man to be powerful. You do not need to abandon your family to be successful. You do not need to dominate to lead. You need to be a woman like Mary.
And that will be enough.