Here is a new article published on The Home Maker's Corner tonight.
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Some time back I found this statement on a blog about being Titus 2 women:
"Mature women have so much they can teach younger women; homemaking skills, cooking, keeping a home, decorating, budgeting, how to shop, and the list goes on." [Source withheld for her privacy.]
This sparked some thoughts in me. While the author did talk about passing on spiritual knowledge and wisdom, this sentence caught my attention as she seemed to be emphasizing these earthly things to some degree. Furthermore, I've seen plenty of women who do focus on such things, sometimes to the exclusion of the spiritual.So, let's consider this a moment. Here is what the three verses in that chapter actually say relating to women:
Titus 2:3-5 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.
Does it actually say in the passage that the aged women should be teaching homemaking skills, cooking, decorating, etc.?...
That is a fascinating article. For too many years there has been the thought that women need to be 'kept out of trouble'. Women have roles to play,not just in working, though many have to, but also in gently guiding their family along the right path....not always easy.
ReplyDeleteThank you. I'm glad it was thought provoking to you. :-) Thanks for stopping by and commenting.
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