We
are now in a new age. There more people over age 60 than under 18. The
Apostle
Paul recognized the value and usefulness of senior adults in general,
and of
women in particular when he addressed senior women in Titus 2:3-older
Christian
woman are to teach the younger women in the church and in her home. Older
Christian women - you have a mandate from Almighty God to obey. What
are you
doing right now to obey this? Younger women - allow the older women of
the
church to teach you. Looking
back I can recall women, older women that came by my side and spoke
into my
life. They didn’t point out the things in my life that needed changing,
instead
they came by me as friends and mentors, showing by example the things
God would
have me do. A
renewing of the mind comes about through the washing of the word and by
examples set before us through those that mentor us. Examples of this
teaching are: LOVE YOUR HUSBAND LOVE YOUR CHILDREN BE DISCREET AND CHASTE OBEY YOUR OWN HUSBAND TEACH WHAT IS GOOD ENCOURAGE THE YOUNG WOMEN (James
1:22)"DO NOT MERELY LISTEN TO
THE WORD, AND SO DECEIVE YOURSELVES. DO WHAT IT SAYS." (Titus 2:3-4) "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 CHIILDREN, 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"