What Difference Would This Mindset Make?
By Jessica Edwards When I was a child, oh how I dreaded Saturday evenings! Mom would make me take a bath, wash my hair, and often she would make me sleep in plastic curlers just so I would look extra special for the next day. Why did my mom think it was important to do extra preparation on Saturday night? Because the next day was Sunday, the Lord’s Day, and it was important to look and smell my best. I even had special shoes and clothes just for Sundays and going to church. In Titus 2:3-5, Paul lays out for young Pastor Timothy, the curriculum for women’s ministry in the local church. One of the first things Paul says about the women in vs. 3 is that “they be in behavior as becometh holiness” (KJV), “to be reverent in behavior” (ESV), or my favorite translation “in deportment as doth become sacred persons”. (YLT) Hmm, “in deportment as doth become sacred person...