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What are you wearing today?

 

What are you wearing today? I’m asking to make sure that we’re coordinating our outfits. Seriously. No, not the colors and patterns of our wardrobe, but a different type of clothes we are all called to wear if we want to follow Jesus.

 

“Clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievance you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues, put on love which holds them all together in perfect unity.” Colossians 3:12-14

 

Wouldn’t this be a good scripture passage to put on your closet door or bathroom mirror? Or maybe the rear view mirror of your car. Or your computer monitor or calendar. Put it wherever you will see it often during this next month. Post it on Facebook. Commit it to memory, or at least part of it. What a great reminder, that as we get dressed and check ourselves in the mirror, to check how our heart looks too. Ask others to hold you accountable to this goal.

 

If you’ve taken the challenge to give up complaining and to get rid of bitterness and anger, there’s no better way to accomplish those goals than by “dressing” for success. After all, no one puts on a formal dress outfit over old work clothes that are stained from the messiness of life. Clothe yourselves with the virtues that reflect God’s best in you. And put on love today. Like the belt of truth and and integrity, let love hold everything together.