Yesterday, I was standing in my closet trying to figure out
what to wear. The weather outside was just above arctic and for this Southern
Belle, it posed a real problem.
I haven’t worn corduroy since I was ten. It swishes when you
walk no matter how hard you try to keep it from rubbing together. That bothers me. But about two years ago, I
bought this pair because they fit great and the price was right.
Thankful. I ripped the tags off the pants and wore them. They
did the trick. I stayed as warm as I could under the snow day conditions, and I
found I didn’t care one iota about the occasional swish.
Sometimes what you wear is more important than the inconveniences
it might cause.
Isaiah 61:10 “…For He dressed me with the garment of
salvation, wrapped me with the robe of righteousness.”
Sometimes it might be hard, or trying, or even inconvenient
to be numbered among the followers of Christ. But to be dressed in the salvation
of God in Christ Jesus is worth every obstacle faced here on earth.
Today, as you stand searching for something to wear, embrace
the fact that you are dressed in the salvation of God in Christ Jesus. His
salvation covers you.
We can celebrate even in those hard places that He made the
way for us. We don’t have to lean on our own works or good intentions. Jesus is
our salvation.
Finding God’s grace,
bym