God's Clothes

It's springtime and that means so many things to so many people! But to me, the clothes horse, it means a new wardrobe. Oops, I mean wardrobe pieces. To spruce up the clothes from last spring. Yes, exactly. So, I of course have been shopping. Easter dresses/outfits and then the barrage of extras I pick up along the way. A cute blouse here, a fun t-shirt there. I enjoy shopping for the entire fam, not just myself. However, this year the clothes have gone beyond interesting. Colors and ruffles and fabric roses are not only out of control but downright scary. I mean some of it works. But most of it only works on the mannequin. You've all heard the line, "It looks better on than it does on the hanger." Not this year. Trust me. I saw the cutest dressy tank on a mannequin. (I wish they'd put the heads back on them.) It was a blue, purple and white design. When I found it on the rack and held it up, I swore it was the wrong tank. It didn't look so cute. It looked like someone had drunk a vanilla blueberry shake, (for fun eaten some violets) and then gotten violently ill all over the shirt. I'm serious. My husband always comments that men's fashions really don't change that much. Basically, I agree. I look at the suits in the old photos men wore when my grandfathers and great grandfathers were young. Not too many things differ in what I see men wear today. How is this fair? Think of all we women have been through! Corsets to girdles to underwire bras! No wonder women burned them a few decades ago. I say stoke up the bonfire again sisters! As I drool over the few nice things I see, I'm taken back to the verses in the Bible about worry. Jesus is saying don't worry about what you'll eat, drink OR wear. Even Solomon in his finest was not near as beautiful as the lillies in the valley. Have you ever seen a meadow of wildflowers? Or tame ones for that matter? The mountains rising gently before you? It's not only beautiful; it is breathtaking. God clothes all of us. Sure, he doesn't make up the colors that are out there on the racks-or the styles for that matter. But, He does clothe us. In love. In humility. In trust. And forgiveness. Plus about a hundred other areas. Maybe that's what we should all be gazing at this spring.