Can you see your Reflection?

Titus 2
2:3 Older women likewise are to exhibit behavior fitting for those who are holy, not slandering, not slaves to excessive drinking, but teaching what is good.

For the next few messages we will discuss issues dealing with women. Next we will deal with the bruh's. So today lets look at the following thought: Can you see your Reflection?

Do you remember the following nursery rhyme? "Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?" The Queen, Snow White's stepmother, would always ask that question and the mirror would always say that she was the fairest of them all. But when the mirror found out about Snow White, it had to tell the truth.

Today we can stand before the mirror of Titus 2:3 and see our real REFLECTION! There is an important word in the verse that I would like to pull out, EXHIBIT! This word means to show or display outwardly as a visible sign or action. In other words, beauty is more than a woman's "good looks" but it’s about how she lives her life. Her behavior is her REFLECTION.

The New American Standard says that she should be reverent in her behavior. Everything she does should be honorable. We can find an example of exhibiting an honorable life from Proverbs 31. A few characteristics are: 1) A woman should be priceless, 2) Trustworthy, 3) Wise, 4) A giver or someone who is hospitable, 5) Dresses well, 6) One who is looked up to by those who know her and 7) One who fears the LORD. A real woman exhibits a holy lifestyle not the opposite.

In the verse above we find an example of the wrong behavior. Women are not to be slanders! The New American Standard version says they are not to be malicious gossips. Its interesting because the Greek word for malicious gossips is diabolos which means to falsely accuse. This is the same character trait that the devil exhibits. Remember in the book of Job when he went before GOD as Job's accuser?

Of course, this is just one example of the wrong character trait for a woman but there is a reason for its use and we will wait for the next message to put it all together. But for now, what does your REFLECTION look like in the mirror of scripture? Holla~