The “mean girl” is an age-old trope. TV and movies perpetuate the stereotype of the female bully. Have you noticed how women have been quick to put other women down, starting even in girlhood? Why?

Just as any other form of bullying, being a mean girl is typically deep-seated in insecurity, shame, and fear. Bullying puts up a wall around her heart, but there is something that can break it down—namely, Some-One.

God’s love is the giant bucket of ice water that can put out the fire of a mean girl. The Psalms tell us
“He heals the brokenhearted.” When a bully recognizes that she is accepted and loved as she is, without the need for scare tactics or coercion, she can end the charade and walk in love.

Listen to the Raising Godly Girls Minute with Patti Garibay: