Titus 2 Woman, Verses 3, 4 and 5

DISCLAIMER - This post may contain things that hurt some people's feelings. I did not write anything in this post with the intent to hurt anyone, and if it does, I apologize, because I would never hurt anyone on purpose; however, I wrote what has been near and dear to me for many years, based on God's Word.

Trying to live a holy life on your own is very difficult. For years upon years after I got saved I would read Proverbs 31, and say to myself, this is the woman I want to be, but I didn't have a clue how to even begin.
For the most part, I did things on 'my own'; daily reading, prayer, sacrificial church service; but something was still missing. I knew in my heart there is a difference in doing the above things, and being the woman of God, that woman who strives for holiness in her life and the life of her family.
In 2014, we moved 100 miles away from 'home' where we both grew up and from everyone (practically) and thing we'd had always known. While I was excited to be in a new place, a place I felt God lead us to, I was also feeling very alone, as I had no one up here; my husband had his sister and her family, but because of the distance between us, she and I had never really gotten to know each other.
We began looking for a new church home and after visiting a couple my husband chose, I submitted to the calling of the Holy Spirit and we visited the one He had been pulling me to for a few weeks; it wasn't long we joined that church. This was right where I needed to be, the Pastor's wife was all too happy to teach me how to be that Godly woman; we did Bible studies together on being a Godly wife, the Pastor even began a class at church that we attended also. I loved it! Finally, I was learning about who God created me to be!
Unfortunately, even for a Pastor and his family, life happens and they are no longer at our church; however, God has recently blessed us with a new Pastor, he and his wife are absolutely in creditable! During the few months without a Pastor I let my studies of how to be a Godly woman slip, there was so much going on at the church, at home ... they always say when you get too busy God is the first thing to go ...So, here I sit, I felt the Lord tugging on my heart to write this study about being a Titus 2 woman, He is showing me, again, who He created me to be, He is showing me what it is He wants me to do with the life He has given me.
I don't know about you, but depression slips into my life so easily, sometimes I don't even notice it until it's too late, and I know the past few months of all the drama going on at the church that is what has happened. I am so thankful that my Lord has kept me some-what grounded with this Bible study.
I know I covered verse 3 last week, but I just can’t help but feel the Lord tugging on me to include it again with verses 4 and 5, the three of them do go together. Verses 3, 4 and 5 of Titus 2 are THE verses most people refer to when they talk about being a Titus 2 woman. They are such beautiful verses, and something that should come natural to those of us who are a bit more mature and have life experience; but, then again, we are dealing with humans, and we do live in a world where this sort of application is not popular.
Titus 2, verses 3, 4 and 5 says, "The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed."
For me, these three verses sum up Proverbs 31.
Why, why is it so hard for us to strive to live holy? This is God's way, why would we want to live any other way? God doesn't withhold anything good from us. He is the one who blesses us; if we would just take the blinders off our eyes we would see living a life for God isn't hard if we are willing to submit to Him and obey Him. He never asks anything from us that He isn't willing to prepare us to do.
This world is dying; why, why do we want to live like it? Why is it so important to be 'popular' with people who disregard the Lord? Why do we want to disrespect ourselves and our bodies and the Lord with things of the world? Of course, living a holy life WON'T save you, only Jesus can do that, but living a life pleasing to our heavenly Father is a fruit of our salvation, so why would we willing choose to live a life of darkness?
Don't you want the world to know just by looking at you, by watching you {because they are} that you are a daughter of THE King? That you have something special? I do ... and it is past time, daughters of The King, that we stand up and act like it. I don't know about you, but I am sick and tired of all the filthiness of this world, of having it thrown in my face by every media outlet known; do you know why people who live in sin are all over the media and praised by the world? Because they take a stand and won't back down until they get their way, so why aren't we doing it? Why aren't Christian men and women saying enough already! And taking a stand? If we want a better place on this earth for ourselves and God-willing, future generations, we have to take a stand, we cannot continue sitting by singing, "I shall not be moved"!
Taking a stand starts in our homes, but we can't stop there!
It is our responsibility as Christian women to teach our daughters, our grand-daughters, nieces, cousins, friends, neighbors, the young women, how to love their husbands, until death do them part. The divorce rate in this country is out rages, and it isn't different among Christian couples. People have this idea that being a Christian makes you perfect, that is a lie directly from hell. None of us is perfect, then when two imperfect people are joined in wedlock it gets even more complicated! It is up to us to teach these women how to love their husbands when things get real. We have to teach them about Godly submission and how to submit their husbands over to God to form into the man He called them to be. We must teach them that divorce is not the answer when the honeymoon is over.
It is our responsibility to teach these young wives to love their children. No one taught me how to love my children, in fact, when I got pregnant with our son, I was told that he was just another mouth for us to feed. I didn't get saved until after our daughter was a year old, of course I loved her, but no one taught me how to love her with Godly love. Because sin is our nature, I believe we are not born knowing how to be a momma; I had always heard it is our nature when I was growing up, but between my own experiences, and seeing how a lot of young mothers treat their babies, I stand on my belief that we are NOT born with the knowledge of how to be a mother.
God's Word tells us to teach the young women to love their children, and not only for their safety and wellbeing, but for our future, this is so very important, we have got to teach them that these children they are having are gifts from God and are to be loved and treated as such. The world doesn't care....the world is out for number one; that is why so many programs have had to be developed for young mothers and their poor little children, because my generation as a whole, was not taught...and as a whole, we are failing the next generation of mothers.
There is nothing wrong with being discreet or chaste, in fact the Bible tells us to do so several times. Oh how old it gets to hear a young lady open her mouth only to let filth flow from it because she isn't happy with something, and oooo, ooh my goodness, our children have gone completely nuts with sex before marriage, having babies out of wedlock, living together or playing house as I call it .. the spirit of lust is running rampant and the world does not care .. it embraces it.

We have to teach them what God's Word says, keeping our mouths shut doesn't mean we agree with something, it means we are mature and respectful enough to know when to speak and when not too. I believe if there wasn't so much adultery going around there wouldn't be such a need of above mentioned programs for young mommas and their babies ... ladies, we have failed. I know every young girl out there doesn’t have sex before marriage, and I am not shaming or judging the ones who have, I am barking at myself; our children were raised in church and were taught God's Word when they were young, but they still have free will, and yes, they do things that are not only displeasing to God but to me as well. I just think I could have done more, and I think as a whole, we, Christian women, can do more. We, I, can no longer use the excuse of not being taught when we, I, was younger.
I have been a stay-at-home mom for over 21 years, and I wouldn't trade it for the world. This is my Godly job {I just haven't done it as well as I think I could have}. I know a lot of women don't have a choice but to work outside the home, and my heart aches for them, it really does, because this is where we are supposed to be; keepers at home, obedient to our own husbands loving our children and our husbands.
I have said it so many times to my family, I'll say it here, it is my opinion, based on God's Word, women in the 60's were the strong front to changing things, changing the home, changing God's plan for the home, and everything has spiraled downhill since. Free love, birth control pills, abortion, moms working outside the home, children in day care...on and on to where we are now. Could my family have had more or better 'things' if I had worked outside the home? Probably. But they don't need 'things' they need their momma, and again, I truly am so very sorry for those mommas who don’t have a choice but to work outside the home, I feel like you are being cheated out of your Godly calling.
How can we help these young girls? It would be so much better to catch them before they start having sex and babies, but either way, with or without babies, we have to start teaching them what God's Word says and teaching them how to be the women God created them to be.
First and foremost we have to lead by example, regardless of where we are in life, it is ok to show them that yes, maybe I didn't make all the right choices, I didn't have someone to teach me, I don't want you to make some of the same choices I did, so I want to teach you what God's Word says about how to be a wife, a mother and about being discreet and chaste; how to be the best homemaker you can be; how to be a Godly woman, and live a holy life.
The Lord did not create men and women equally. We are different and have been given different jobs. The job of a wife, mother and keep of the home is a huge responsibility that should not be taken lightly, but should be loved and cherished. I know I've touched on a lot of topics in this post, and if I offended someone please forgive me, because that is not the purpose of this post. These are things I have felt passionate about for years and based on what I have read in God's Word feel to be truth.
Again, I am not judging anyone, or putting anyone down; we are all different, and have all had our own battles to overcome .... each of us could say, "walk a mile in my shoes..." I am just putting out there what the Lord has laid on my heart and what is dear to me.
Is there a little girl or young lady in your life that you can teach to be sober, and to love their husbands and children, to be discreet and chaste, and keepers at home, good and obedient to their own husbands? If not, your local Boys and Girls club probably has one you could mentor, or your church, or maybe that girl you see walking down the street with the headphones on.

     

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