That the Word of God may not be blasphemed

Titus 2:3-5-"the older women likewise, that they be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things— that they admonish the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, to be discreet, chaste, homemakers, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be blasphemed." NKJV

We are at the end of our Titus 2 Woman journey.  It's been great.  The last part is "that the word of God may not be blasphemed."

We definitely do not want our actions to be showing something different than what our words are.  It makes me think of those people who cut other drivers off on the road and drive kind of crazy while having a "I <3 Jesus" bumper sticker on their car. 

It also makes me think of James 2:24 You see that a person is considered righteous by what they do and not by faith alone.  We do not want to be a hypocritical Christian.  And as unfairly as it may be, we are looked at and judged by the world much more closely when we call ourselves Christians.  Of course we are going to stumble and make mistakes but those mistakes and stumbles will be used against us at times.  So we have to be careful that we follow all the Titus 2 guidelines as best we can so that others will see Christ lifted up, which should be our ultimate goal anyways.

The other thing it makes me think of is our blasphemous words.  Cuss words, swear words, using God's name in vain. 

"You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name".  Exodus 20:7

I'm very guilty of doing this.  I can blame the Army for making it a comfortable place to use curse words regularly but if I am to be in the world and not of it, this simple command should not be overlooked or made into an excuse.  It's plainly written that we should not do it.  So why is it so hard?  Maybe it isn't hard for some of you.  But I am often around people who cuss and when you are around something often, over time you become complacent. 

So I'm going to try harder to be careful of my words because I do not want to cause others to stumble so the words of God will not be blasphemed.

I think this post was more for myself than for you guys today.  If I'm wrong, let me know.