Spiritual Mothering: The Titus 2 Model for Women Mentoring Women

Spritual Mothering is a book that, once on your hands, you must read, evaluate, and apply. Honestly, I can't say enough good about this book. From beginning to end it is biblical, careful, practical, convicting, convincing, and simple. Do you want to know how to live the gospel and impact the world around you as a woman? Read the Bible and then read this book that will come alongside you, and show what this can look like and why Spiritual mothering needs to happen.

As the author, Susan Hunt puts it: Not every woman can give biological birth, but every Christian woman can enter the high calling of spiritual reproduction and motherhood.

In this book we are given to principals that are foundational to spiritually mothering a younger woman.

1. God is our reference point, the model for all of life.
2. We are created to glorify God. This life purpose is the driving force of our spiritual mothering.

Spiritual mothering is when a woman possessing faith and spiritual maturity enters into a relationship with a younger woman in order to encourage and equip her to live for God's glory. She will train this woman to be able to apply the word of God to areas of our lives that are uniquely feminine.

In the book, after defining Spiritual motherhood and who is to be training younger women, she goes on to show us how to invest time and energy into someone younger. After every chapter there are questions and homework. When I say homework,I don't mean write a paper and pat yourself on the back. It is "life" homework. She has you doing things such as choosing a woman to pray for, writing a thank you note to a godly woman, approaching a godly woman and asking them to meet with you. She tells you to write to a younger woman a note of encouragement; another assignment is go and ask a younger woman if you can come and help her cook dinner, or come pray with her, or babysit so she can go out with her husband. She actually tries to get you to do some of the stuff she talks about in the book.


She weaves in practical biblical application and testimonies throughout the book. As you read about sound doctrine being essential to helping a younger woman submit to her husband, you will read a testimony from a woman about how another woman touched her life. She uses real life stories from women who had someone come alongside of them and helped them biblically deal with loneliness and singleness. Sometimes in the stories you will read of rocky marriages and woman coming alongside and equipping them to persevere for sake of the gospel. You will read stories of tired moms with young children learning to serve their families and enjoy them, and have sweet communion with God, because a godly woman came alongside to equip and encourage like she should.

You will be surprised that it is not about the bold, well- known, gifted beyond belief, unattainable, unapproachable woman. Most of the women you will read about inspiring, encouraging and equipping, are the meek, kind, understated women. You will read about an 18 year old on fire for Jesus helping a 16 year old who grew up in church but had no desire for God. You will read about an elderly single, quiet women praying for and babysitting for some young moms in her church. You will simply read of regular women, leading normal everyday lives; cooking, cleaning, caring for the needs of her family, but doing so for Jesus, having great impact for the Kingdom one woman at a time. For me, this was encouraging.

There was a time when women simply lived life together. They sewed together, cooked together, helped deliver babies and care for a newborn together; but that, my friends, is no longer the case. We must be more intentional. We have to see that God set it up so that we would care for one another, and you as a woman are set apart to influence the younger women around you. But that will not happen without working at it, because we live in a time and culture that makes it more difficult. We are independent of one another and frankly would rather allow tv, magazines and books tell us how to live, what it means to be feminine, how to raise kids, change a diaper, love a husband, and impact the world, then the mature seasoned woman sitting next to us in the pew. And then, sometimes, even if we would love for a godly woman to help us, they are nowhere to be found because they are to busy and unavailable.

This book caused me to reflect on the women who have come alongside me in various ways and grow me in my appreciation of them. I can see how valuable the advice of several who have encouraged me to enjoy the baby crying because someday it is a sound I will miss. I appreciate the hope they inspire in me when I talk to others whose husbands have been without proper employment and see how they have come through that. I have benefited greatly as I see women who will take the time to pray with me and encourage me to stay focused on what my duties are now because I have young children, and stop worrying about what I can't do right now. They encourage me to glorify God in the here and now, and actually enjoy my children and not see them as a hindrance.

Thank you, ladies.


May God raise up many who will affect this world for Jesus one woman at a time.