Older Women To Teach The Younger

The concept of the older women teaching the younger women is one that has gotten somewhat lost in the culture. In our culture, even within the Church, age has become something not to be revered, but something to at least dread and at most to be totally avoided if possible! It is not commendable to look older, much less to have thoughts and ideas that are from a bygone era. However, Biblically, God has given older women a very important duty, that of teaching the younger women! Maybe that is why husbands aren’t being loved (respected) as they ought to be. We as older women need to be obedient to God’s mandates no matter how the culture dictates and according to
Titus 2:4, one of our main duties is to teach the younger women “to love their husbands and to love their children”. (I will address exactly what I see that means at a later time, but for now, I will focus on the teaching.)

So who are the older women? Well, we are all older than someone and some of us are older than many! If we have experience in the Christian walk and if we have young ladies or girls that are under our realm of influence, then we are to teach them the things that God has instilled on our hearts through His Word. We are not all able to have audiences of hundreds or even tens as some of the godly ladies that God has gifted for public speaking, but most of us have daughters and others in our families who need to be taught and encouraged to step out from the mold and do what God has commanded!

How do we go about teaching these principles? “Example” is one good way, and it is VERY important that our example support our words, but the words MUST be there as well. Without the words of admonishment from God’s Word, our example may be considered just that, an example or a preference. This principle of the older teaching the younger is not just a preference, it is a command, and we need to be sure that we let that be known. Our culture is so relativistic, and we need to be sure that Christian young ladies know that God’s commands are not relative, they are mandates backed up with Truth. And if they truly are commands of God, then not to obey them is sin.

Let’s make a difference in our homes and our churches and let’s be “doers of the Word and not hearers only!” James 1:22. This is part of the motivation for this blog! May God use these thoughts in the hearts of my own daughters and grand daughters and if He so chooses, may He use them in the hearts of many other young ladies for His Glory!