The Contents of Me...Part 4

Now we come to our last purse.  This transparent purse represents the transparent life.  When a lady carries a transparent purse, people can see what she is carrying.  That’s the reason many department stores require their employees to carry them.

As Christian women, we should be the transparent purse.  Just as you can see the initials of the designer on this purse, when others look at us, they should see our designer. And our designer is infinitely greater than Dooney & Bourke! People around us should see God’s Word active and alive in us. They should see our love for Him and for others by the way we treat people and the way we speak to people. We should be last people to gossip. We should be the last people to whine and complain when things don’t go our way. I’m talking to myself here. I love me a good pity party from time to time, but God is growing me and teaching me that it really isn’t all about me and my agenda. Things are going to happen…even in the church…that I don’t necessarily like or even agree with. But my speech must still be peppered with kindness. I should be encouraging others and building them up.

They should know we are His by the movies we watch, the music we listen to, the books we read. “Oh now you’re meddling!” is what you’re thinking, right? But it’s true. You’ve heard it: garbage in, garbage out.

Matt. 5:16 says “Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works and glorify your Father Who is in Heaven.”

Do others see the light of Christ in your life?  Do people at work, at school, in your family know you are a Christian?

A transparent life is one that draws others to Jesus.  It’s a light in the darkness, shining bright by the good things we say and do for His glory.  Let your light shine.  Remember the words of Proverbs 31:30---“Charm is deceitful and beauty if vain, but a woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised.”

I challenge you to live a transparent life, one in which others see Christ in you. Live in such a way that you, like Paul, can say to others “join in following my example…” (Phil. 3: 17)

So think about these purses. Which one most closely fits your life? Are you happy with that? If not, which one do you want to be and what changes are you willing to make to become like that?

Blessings,
Teresa