The need for the Titus 2:3-5 woman

Written by Zhey Chua |Posted on December 13, 2008 | Comments

The whole week went by in a blur in our little household. Let me see why…
My sister and I launched a different type of food business. Since Chris left me to go solo, I chose not to sell the same thing so instead of fresh market finds, we opted for cooked food instead. It’s doing fine so far but since we are just starting out with it, we are also still learning the basics. I also started working for a Californian client who hired me as a virtual assistant.
Warren on the other hand was busy with his books and attending various outreach ministries being initiated by our new church. He attended two prison ministries (one for men, another for women) and we both attended a Bible Study in Dau headed by our pastor and another brother, Bro. Bernard. Of course, we also have our Wednesday prayer meeting in church and our Monday bible study here at home.
In between, we thank the Lord for allowing us time to sit down and talk as husband and wife, do our devotionals and chat with friends online.
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While Warren is consumed with his hunger for learning the Word of God and readying himself for the pulpit, I am being consumed with the hunger to teach what I am learning as a woman to other women.

The last few weeks has allowed for opportunities to know other women and have a closer peek at their lives. It is saddening to realize that there are still a lot of women who needs to be led to become diligent students of the Word. I have met a good number of them whose daily worries revolved around the trivial – what shoes to buy to go with that dress, which bag to use for Sunday’s worship service, how to hide some of the things bought at the boutique so that the husband will not see and get angry, what food to serve on a particular occasion, how much a celebrity’s set of diamond jewelries must have cost, what’s the latest in the entertainment industry and so on. On the few gatherings I have been with some of them, they all seem to have a lot to say about these things, but when it is time to pray, they would rather “pray in silence”, modesty becomes them. I can’t blame them, they are pictures of society’s innocent victims. They do not have a clue of what it is they are missing and it is such a pity. They know their bibles, yes, they could even recite a few verses, but their lives are bereft of the true meaning of their Christianity.
These observations lead me now to one conclusion: Along with the tremendous need for men who will lead communities to the knowledge of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ is also the need for older women who will train, educate and lead the younger ones toward biblical womanhood (Titus 2:3-5).
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I listened to this mp3 this afternoon and thought I’d share it with you. This is about how we view “romance” and how blind and unreal our expectations have become over the decades. Please turn up your volumes.

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