Yesterday's Reading...

So last night I did my reading and was about to blog but Thad needed the computer for work. Here is yesterday's reading:

Saturday night I was out with some friends and being pregnant I fielded all the breastfeeding, etc questions. I am the youngest of the group so it was odd to have the most knowledge then I remembered something that I had read once or twice before that made it even more odd.

"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." Titus 2:3-5

I love historical fiction especially that of the "pioneer days" of the late 1800s. One of the things that strikes me when I read those novels is the sense of connection that all women have with one another. It was custom then for the older women to be the support and education system for the younger women. It is still the custom in many tribes across the world.

The older women taught the younger women what it meant to be adult, married, and a mother. The demonstrated the character required of respectable women. It saddens me that we have this disconnect now. As a nation we fret about a 16 year old girl not being ready for marriage when just over a century ago she would be nigh onto an old maid. Then marriage past the age of 20 was nearly unheard of and now its almost required.

If we took our daughters, nieces, and granddaughters under our wings to teach them what wifery and birth and mothering and running a household were all about a 16 year old would be fully equipped to take on the job. I think as a whole we fail our young women. They don't understand the character it takes to be what they need to be to succeed in these areas.

I am going to pray for our young women. I am going to share as much as I can with the next generation of wives and mothers. I am going to be passionate about demonstrating the character it takes to be what a husband and children need. I am going to look to the older women around me for counsel. I am going to pray to follow God in all of these areas. I hope you do the same.