Let me just be brutally honest
about the shallowness of my soul at times. The other day I was having a serious
fashion feel sorry for myself party…sorry you weren’t invited! After
all, about 6 months before graduating from Fuller I partook of a Cam and Cate
Wardrobe edit (think “What Not to Wear”) that I’d won at an anti-sex
trafficking auction.
Why talk about this? Because as
most of you know I am a new Mom…and not just a new Mom, but a new Mom with a
severely sprained ankle who has been house bound for nearly 3 months. You can
imagine my wardrobe…work out pants (the ones you don’t mind getting pee all over),
old t-shirts (or should I call them drool bibs), an ugly black boot for the
injured foot complimented by a boring tennis shoe for the good foot.
As I lay there with my pity
party hat on, tooting my feeling blue horn, God graced the party with His presence.
Have you ever noticed that rarely can you stay in a posture of pity when you
belong to God? I incredibly appreciate that the Lord is quick to speak to my
sinfulness and give me a glorious new perspective that allows me to move out of a
negative place.
What is also so beautiful is
when He takes a verse of Scripture that you know well, and gives it fresh
meaning for the current situation. This is just what He did with Colossians
3:12…
Therefore, as God’s chosen
people,
holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with
compassion,
kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.
I began to imagine how beautiful
I would look if I took seriously the invitation to awake daily and pray myself
into the Col 3:12 wardrobe. Even the drooliest of drool shirts would compliment
it well!
As I meditated on this verse,
God refocused my perspective. Someday I will be out of bed and on my feet. And
months from now, when Elizabeth is no longer drooling, I may even be able to
wear some of those fashionable clothes. But now…right now…I can dress my heart
in a way that shapes me internally and therefore externally.
So, I am committing to being a
woman who clothes herself in a Colossians 3:12 wardrobe because it honors God.
But also because I am a Mom now. I want Elizabeth to grow up and dress just
like me…and Col 3:12 will ensure that she is always beautifully in style!
