Accolade or Insult
A co-worker arrived at my desk with an announcement. He had been at a party and my name had come up probably because even though we work in different departments, we are in the same building-- he in the maintenance department and I in the sales and marketing arena . He proceeded to tell me that as he and the party goers were talking the husband chimed in with the question, “Is she the ‘godly’ one?” My first thought was—wrong, but then I got a little prideful thinking that someone would associate me with that word. My thoughts were quickly dashed as my co-worker proceeded to inform me that it had not been meant as an accolade but as an insult. I don’t know if I had ever met the husband, if he had only heard of me through his wife or something else, but I had been labeled, even judged by someone and had no way of “defending” myself, my reputation or my Savior. But I don’t really have to defend myself because I hope that what he said is somewhat true,...