Confession time: I have no style. Clothes, style and I do
not mix. Anybody who knew me in high school knew I didn’t where jeans. I mostly
wore jogging pants and baggy t-shirts. It was not a style anybody repeated. I
choose to wear what was comfortable and sometimes ugly at times. Some of the
pants where really cheap and made an swoosh sound as I walked. A couple of my
friends would say you know when Joel was coming because you could hear the
swoosh. Life is full of choices.
We choose what clothes we where and we can choose what
personalities we show. Paul talks about different qualities we can choose to
have or cloth ourselves with in Colossians 3:12-14…
“Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved,
clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.
Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance
against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues
put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.”
Choose the right attribute for your life. Paul talked about
compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, patience, forgiveness and love. The
word bear in the original Greek scripture means to be patient with or to have
patience in the sense of enduring possibility. When becoming a Christian, we
are told what we can wear in regards to different characteristics. It’s our
choice what clothes we wear just like it’s our choice what we choose to show to
other people. We have the choice to show these different traits.
Instead of focusing on clothes you want to wear or what you
are wearing focus on what traits you choose to show. We have the ability to
show compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, patience, forgiveness and
love. Today, what is a trait you can focus on? How can you show people this
today?
Have a great day.
