Let the Older Women Teach the Younger

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After my post yesterday my previous Pastor's wife took a minute to write me a note of encouragement. I wanted to share it because it was so valuable to me. I couldn't get the verse out of my mind from Titus 2:4-5:

           Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they

           live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to            

             teach what is good. Then they can train the younger women to

           love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled and 

           pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their 

           husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God.

I want to take this encouragement very seriously and understand that the older women are commanded to teach us younger women. We need to heed their advice. I can't get past how much weight the wisdom of a mother, who has raised her children to love and honor God, carries with me. Of course I should listen to what she says! She has ran this race before me and has all the wisdom from the journey just waiting to be shared. I think about how much the Lord has taught me in 4 little years of raising children and I can't begin to imagine the revelations that will come with each new year. I love to sit with older women and pick their brain for any advice that they can give as they sit back and reflect on their parenting years.

Here is the special treat of a older women's advice to us young mothers:

I just wanted to encourage you as you endeavor to raise your children in the knowledge and fear of the Lord. There is no higher calling! YOu have been given this awesome privilege and responsibility - it is God-given and is to be taken very seriously. I can tell that you believe that, too. I always have believed that my job as a Mother was 3-fold: teach them about and lead them to Jesus; teach them to be responsible people, glorifying God in all that they do; prepare them to be independent of us as parents. In our family we view all of life as ministry. That means that we take Deuteronomy 6 to mean what it says:

   

    Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your  

    strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts.       

    Impress them on your children. Talk about them when sit at home and when you walk    

    along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your

    hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses 

    and on your gates.

When we do what this passage says our children will be prepared to share with others the wonderful love of our precious Savior and Friend. In our home we never got into Easter bunnies, baskets or even eggs. I do like the emphasis today with the Resurrection eggs. Be sure to CELEBRATE this very special day. What we have to eat for Easter dinner is really not very important. It's amazing to me how so many Christians get their priorities all mixed up. This turned out way longer than I meant it to, but the Lord prompted me to encourage you today. Keep up the good work!!!!

A special thank you to moms of faith who have ran the race before me. Thank you for all your wisdom and understanding and being willing to teach me!