“Older women likewise are to be reverent in their behavior, not malicious gossips or enslaved to much wine, teaching what is good, so that they may encourage the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, be sensible, pure, workers at home, kind, being subject to their own husbands so that the word of God will not be dishonored.” Titus 2:3-5 (NASB)
On Monday I shared the reasons why it’s important to have these conversations about childbirth. Today, I want to go a little farther into why I believe this is so important from a Christian perspective.
Based on this passage in Titus 2, I believe it is the experienced Christian woman’s responsibility to talk about childbirth: to other women and especially first time mothers.
Why do I say this?
You may read Titus 2:3-5 and think, “What does this have to do with childbearing? Isn’t this talking about character and behavior?”
While I understand your thinking, I would argue that character and behavior have a lot to do with childbearing.
This passage says we teach the younger women to love their husbands and love their children so that the Word of God will not be dishonored. In childbearing we are loving our husband and loving our children to bring honor to God’s Word.
How?
We love our husbands by being intimate with them, which God uses to bring about childbearing. We love them by growing our families.
We love our children by bringing them into the world.
We love God and honor His Word by giving ourselves, giving our bodies to do what He created us to do. Jesus gave His body for us. How could we do less?
And when we live out this purpose as God gives it to us the Word of God is honored.
Therefore, let us encourage each other in childbearing. Let us educate each other on what it’s like. Let us listen with glad hearts as we hear what God has done and prepare for our own adventure in childbearing.
I know talking about pregnancy and birth can be very touchy and scary. But let’s work together to overcome this and grow together, helping one another through this season.
Let’s be Titus 2 women!
Who do you need to share with? Who do you need to seek out?