As women, we have something in common, no matter what our age or situation: we are charged with taking care of our home. Titus 2:3-5 says, "Teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good. Then they can urge the younger women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God." Today at Lunch at Angie's, each woman described something that makes her feel "happily domestic," from canning to "I don't really ever feel that" to wearing an apron.
In 1 Corinthians 4:16-17, Paul made the bold statement, "Imitate me." He didn't say, "Imitate Christ" because Christ is invisible--how can you imitate what you can't see? Jesus came and walked among us so that we could see God. He showed the Father to His disciples so that they in turn could show Jesus to the world.
Paul expected his own life to be a representation of the way of the gospel. Women are charged with living well not only for the sake of our own homes, but for our community. We are examples. Not that we expect others to imitate the details of our particular life. I'm not going to can fruits and vegetables because Twyla and Sara do. I'm not going to garden because that was the passion of my mother and grandmother. But their should be some quality of the WAY I live my life that encourages other women to follow Jesus in their choices.
It is good to pray and read your Bible. It is good to attend corporate worship. But it is also good to be in community with Christians who show you what Jesus is like. In turn, live your life in such a way as to show others Who you serve.
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