Teach the Women...

Lately I have really been wanting to have an older woman for a mentor. I used to have several unofficial mentors and one "official" mentor when I lived in Texas-and have been missing that encouragement/teaching! I have also had the desire to "pour into" younger women on a more regular basis and in a more structured way than I currently am trying to do through my Life Community Group. Today I read in Titus 2: 3-5 how Paul encouraged Titus to teach the women believers. The verses say, "...teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good. Then they can train 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."

Lord, help me to become more reverent in the way that I live. Help me not to be a slanderer in any way. If there is anything in my life that has become an idol, show me and help me to turn away from it and run towards You. Help me to always teach what is good and to be an example of Christ to those around me. Show me more about what these scriptures really mean. I want to glorify You with my life!