Have you ever tried to fold a fitted sheet? Seriously, they should come with instructions! They never look like they did in the package! For most, they end up in a ball tossed in the linen closet. Yet my mother, on the other hand, can fold one so precisely that you won’t know if it is the top or the bottom sheet until you unfold it!
Where Can I Go For Answers?
How many times in life have you wondered how to do something and wished that you had a mom, or at least a go-to person to ask the how-to questions? From how to make that first turkey right on up to how to be a godly woman! I recall living in Germany, and my mom had to give me step-by-step instructions on my first Thanksgiving dinner over the phone!
Back In The Day…
In biblical days, on up to about 50 years ago, families lived together. Woman were around generations of other women, and the younger would continually glean from the older. While in the kitchen, a mutual exchange of stories, techniques, traditions, and values were all passed down from generation to generation. Today, we live hours, days, and even oceans apart from any type of family.
What Do We Do Now?
The art of mentoring, passing on a craft, or simply receiving wisdom from the older generations has faded over the years. We Youtube or Google what we need to know. What was once passed down in the kitchen, has all but disappeared and now we are left to glean from strangers on a computer.
Yet, God’s mandate remains…
These older woman must train the younger women to love their husbands and their children, to live wisely and be pure, to work in their homes, to do good, and be submissive to their husbands. Then they will not bring shame on the word of God. Titus 2:4-5
But I’m Not A Mentor…
So what do you do if you think you’re not a mentor? Maybe you can’t imagine you have anything to offer another woman because you have so many questions of your own!
A mentor is defined as an experienced and trusted advisor! So, if you have someone who trusts you, and you’ve experienced something they haven’t, then that makes you a MENTOR! We don’t need to make mentoring complicated, formal, or time consuming!
Mentoring is sharing what we know with someone who doesn’t! Mentoring is talking over coffee, sharing at a play date, or sharing through social media. Today, mentoring can be just as simple as it was in the kitchen years ago.
Therefore, encourage one another and build each other up, just as you are doing. 1 Thess. 5:11
P.S. For those of you who still wish you knew how to fold a fitted sheet, look no more, I have asked my mom to share her mad folding skills! Cheers!
Now Your Turn: I know there are some of you out there with your own questions and others with wisdom to share. Every Monday I will be featuring on Facebook a mentoring tip, and I’d LOVE to share your question or your wisdom. Email me at beth@remade-ministries.org or post here and Let’s Chat…
Beth
Thank you for being my mentor in so many ways. This was fun and I look forward to reading many new ideas and questions from your readers.
Love,
Mom
Mom, you are the best! Thanks for being willing to video yourself and thanks for the comment! I seem to have a quiet bunch of readers… but I know they are out there somewhere! 😉
Hi Beth,
I must be “old school” because I believe that older generations should teach and mentor the younger ones, (if they will listen that is). I value people that have more experience and “know how” than me, and I look up to them for practical advice and inspiration.
That’s cool that you recorded your Mom folding a fitted sheet because I didn’t think that folding a fitted sheet was even possible. I am going to shock my wife when I fold a fitted sheet for her.
Hey Justin,
Thanks for the post! I’m with you! I’m probably more “old school” than most would be believe! Some things just are done better that way – the “old school way!” I’m learning that a mentor doesn’t necessarily have to be “older” in age… just in wisdom! Several of my mentorees are older than me, but younger in the Lord. What did your wife think of you after you showed her you knew how to fold the fitted sheet? 🙂