Thursday, January 1, 2015

A New Outfit for the New Year...

 Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. (Colossians 3:12-14 ESV)
Every day we look in the mirror to try to dress and look our best, so we feel good about ourselves. Every year we often pause and look at ourselves, what we have become, and do some re-examination. This year, let's look at how we affect others - how what we "wear" impacts them.  The list Paul has for us here comes from the inside out, but is obvious externally.   Kindness, meekness, patience and forgiveness will very much be seen and felt by those around us.  May we be even half as concerned about what we are "wearing" spiritually as we are about what we are wearing physically. 

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