Being Mentored and Mentoring

This post is on the importance of women mentoring women. I know in my own life the importance of having others to give encouragement and guidance on my journey through life. I have been mentored by older women in the faith. They were older by either their age or by their length of time in the faith. I have been mentored by those who are similar in age and marital situation. This mentoring has been in person, by other like-minded bloggers, and even ministries such as Beth Moore and Nancy Leigh DeMoss.

I have mentored others in their walk with the Lord. I have encouraged and guided others to dig deep into God's Word for themselves. I have given of myself from my own life experiences and my walk with the Lord. I consider this blog part of my mentoring of other women. I want to grow in this area. I still have a lot to learn myself but I want to help others on this journey called life.

The qualifications from being mentor or being mentored does not mean perfection. Just the opposite.  It means being real and admitting where we are in the process. I am not perfect. I'm a sinner saved by grace. My slogan is no longer "practice make perfect". My slogan now is "practice makes progress".

Titus 2:3-5 ESV ~ Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, and so train the young women to love their husbands and children,  to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled.

From the ESV Study Bible ~ The instruction to older women and young women is intertwined because part of the role of a Christian older woman is to train (Gk. sōphronizō, “to give instruction in wise behavior and good judgment”) the younger women. The topics comprising the teaching of the older women in vv. 4–5 are very practical and focused on the domestic sphere. Working at home does not prohibit working outside the home (cf. Prov. 31:16, 18, 24) but it does indicate that Paul expects wives to carry the primary responsibility for the day-to-day care of their homes and children. Yet this is to be done while being submissive to their own husbands, supporting their husbands’ leadership role in the family. See notes on Eph. 5:22; 5:23–24. While other instructions could be included, the focus here is on older women helping younger women learn about being godly wives and mothers.

The following video is from Gina at http://www.keepinitreal-gina.com/2011/02/where-are-all-titus-two-women.html. This link is also a blog post in regards to Titus 2 mentors in the body of Christ.