Your reputation follows you wherever you go. Your reputation is formed by those who watch you at work, in town, at home, and in church. A good reputation comes be consistently living out the qualities you believe in - no matter what group of people or surroundings you are in.
In Ruth chapter two, she is introduced to Boaz while she is out working in his field. She was a foreigner so nobody who was out there with her new who she was.
When Boaz noticed Ruth in the field he approached her and said this: "I've been told all about what you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband - how you left your father and mother and your homeland and cane to live with a people you did not know before. May the Lord repay you for what you have done. May you be richly rewarded by the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge." (Ruth 2:11-12)
Ruth's life exhibited admirable qualities: she was hard-working, loving, kind, faithful, and brave. All of those qualities gained for her a good reputation, but only because she displayed them consistently in all areas of her life. Wherever Ruth went or whatever she did, her character remains the same.
Is your reputation something that you are proud of? If not - change. Remember this - not everybody is going to love you. We mess up and we make mistakes. Sometimes people don't see past your mistakes and don't believe that you may have changed.
When you are right with God you are right with the others. I believe that sentence to be entirely true.
I encourage you to be consistent in all that you do and you will be greatly rewarded just like Ruth.
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