Thanks Titus 2 Women!

Tomorrow is Mother's Day, and it is a wonderful opportunity we have to thank and bless all Mothers.

Not only the biological mothers though.
I've been thinking about all the women in my life who encourage me, who exhort me, who cheer me on, who do life with me.

Friends, sisters in Christ, mentors, spiritual mothers... they have many names.

Some like to call them Titus 2 Women.

Why?

Let's look at what Titus 2 has to say about women.

"Teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to too much wine, but to teach what is good.
Then they can urge 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."
- Titus 2:3-5

It seems to me to be saying that it is a woman's role to teach and encourage younger women (either in the faith or by age) in the roles they have in their lives.

What a wonderful picture that is.
For women to be encouraging, exhorting, cheering on, doing life with, other women.
So that they have someone to look to, someone to point the way, to leave footprints to follow, and to walk beside.

I'm thankful for the women in my life who do this for me.
Who let their lives shine as an example of someone following Christ.

This Mother's Day, as well as being thankful for my mother, and for the blessing of being a mother, I pray that I can encourage other women as they follow Jesus too.