Lately, I have been thinking about Motherhood. Yes, I have had the joy of parenting 3 children. However, I am starting to gather that mothering can be different than parenting. I can only parent my 3 children, but I can mother many, many more.
In Titus 2, Paul tells the older women to teach the younger women. I have been blessed by older women around me who have richly taught me what it means to be a woman after God's own heart. I have gleaned knowledge and gained wisdom from having them in my life. Likewise, I have watched my elementary age daughter teach younger girls about sharing and showing others respect.
All of a sudden, this Titus 2 passage, pertains to all of us, not just what we would picture an "older woman" to look like. We are all older than someone else. All of us are in the position to reach out to the younger woman in our community.
Maybe you will reach out to someone chronologically younger than yourself, or maybe God will direct you to reach out to a woman who is younger in the faith than you. Oh ladies, what a privilege it is to encourage and train those around us in the ways of the Lord--to impart the knowledge and wisdom we have gained along the way and to let the Holy Spirit deposit in them what He has deposited in us.
Spend this Mother's Day weekend thanking God for the women in your life that have mothered you. Pray for those who he has asked you to mother. If you are unclear who that is--pray and ask the Lord to show you someone that you could come along side and love unconditionally. Someone that you can share your life's journey.
