With each passing day it’s my desire that I grow and mature into the woman God desires me to be. As Christian women God doesn’t want us to stay stagnant, but to grow and move forward. Through each season, whether it be the hope of Spring or the dark days of Winter, He always supplies us with opportunities to become more like Him.
As I prepare my legacy for my children, I want them to see a Mother that accepts the challenges and changes that God places in my life. Over the past few weeks God has placed the following verses on my heart. These verses are areas where God is challenging me to grow and be different.
“4 Then they can urge the younger women D)’> and pure, to be busy at home, F)’> so that no one will malign the word of God. ” Titus 2 : 4-5
In the verses above God commands older women to teach younger wives and mothers how to walk the road they are traveling on. To teach them how to love their families, control their actions, to take care of their homes, and how to respect their husbands as leaders of the home.
I pray that my children may see a glimpse of what it means to be a Titus 2 woman in a modern day world. As Christians, if we practice the ways in which God calls us to be a Titus 2 woman, not only are we serving the younger women, we are also setting an example of how to love our neighbors as ourselves. We are showing our children and others how to treat each other with respect and dignity.
Children learn by what they see. We need to desperately seek God in prayer to find out how we can be examples to them. I want my children to see a mother who puts others first. I want to be someone who teaches her children what it means to be a servant, and how to show others God’s love. I want my children to see a mother that ministers to other women. I want them to see me showing these women that no matter where they have been, or what they have done, Jesus cares for them, more than they could dream of. In seeing these things it’s my prayer that my children will know how to do likewise to others they meet.
Sadly, this is sometimes the opposite of what can be seen in the today’s society. It is easy to see today’s society having a “me focus”, instead of an “others focus”. Sometimes we as Christians can also get caught in the trap of looking out for ourselves before anything else.
Imagine if the following story were true…..
A woman named Sarah, sits in the deserted doorway of the rundown building. Her eyes are tired and her face is weary. The night before she cried herself to sleep because she lost her children to child protective services. She lost them because she couldn’t find safe shelter for her family. All that’s left of her world is what she fiercely guards in her shopping cart. Her feet ache from the miles she traveled in her worn out shoes. From the depths of her soul she cries out to the God of her childhood saying, “Is this all there is? There must be something more! Isn’t there someone who will love me? Someone who will show me the way?”
She looks across the street and sees the church that has stood the test of time with it’s steeple reaching to the heavens. She musters up her strength to walk across the street to see if maybe this time it will be different. Maybe this time she can look into their eyes and search for the love she has been missing. She hides her cart behind a bush, where no one can see her treasures. One by one she climbs the steep stairs, towards the sanctuary of hope. With her shoulders back and her chin straight ahead she places her hand on the ornate handle and slowly opens the door. “What will I find inside?” she wonders. “Will someone show me how….how to have a different life, in this God they call their Father?”
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What a great post. I’ve recently been encouraged in the things I hear from my adult daughters and how the Lord has used the past 20+ years of my training in their lives, as they minister to other women…seeing the fruit of my labor is so humbling and such a joy!
Thank you for this. We actually had four homeless come to our church this weekend. They were fed a meal and two were given assistance. however, we hear too often the story of the kids having to be taken away. It is heartbreaking.
My kids are in college now and I still pray they see the Titus 2 woman in me.
I often say that I think one of the chief purposes of my life is to serve as a cautionary tale to others! In all seriousness, one of the ways I think Titus 2 women can minister to younger women is in sharing their stories of where we got it wrong, and how God met us in those places. In addition to modeling the things you mentioned above, I think women need to see examples of repentance, forgiveness, reconciliation, and grace so that they can see that they are real.
Kate~Thank you for your kind words. What a blessing that your children are now ministering to others using things that you were able to show them. Amen!
Shanda~My heart breaks as well, for those that are lost. It’s my prayer that I would be able to show them Jesus’ love!
Nancy~What a great perspective on being a Titus 2 woman! It is so true that we can teach others from the lessons we’ve learned in life. Have a wonderful day!
I loved what Nancy said above. I have gotten so many things wrong in life, and it seems to be my mission to help others not to make the same mistakes. Back when I was younger, women didn’t share much. And if they did, it came across as though they had done everything right. Nothing is more real and effective than one who will share their mistakes and how the Lord met them and helped them to see their errors and give them grace to go on and start again. I am single, and this whole idea of mentoring has been a deep desire of mine for some time. There is such a lack of Titus 2 women — ones who are willing to take a younger one under their wing and walk with them until they can discern the old ways and the good paths. I wish there was more out there to guide mentors in all of this!
Cora~ Thanks for stopping by today! I couldn’t agree more. We need to be building a community where we love and accept others and encourage them!
Makes me think of the song by Brandon Heath that says, “Give me Your eyes for just one second, Give me Your eyes so I can see everything that I keep missing, Give me Your love for humanity. Give me Your arms for the broken hearted, the ones that are far beyond my reach. Give me Your heart for the one’s forgotten, give me Your eyes so I can see.” I want to be there to show the love of Christ to the lost and hurting.
Such a nice post.
I am so behind on reading blogs, so I am just reading this now… I can’t wait for the rest of the story.
This is an important post, my friend. *hugs*
Thank you.