DRESS UP
We arrived at Tara and Justin's house last week and Tara brought out this special box.
It was medium large in size and we were all inquisitive. As she pulled
the box open out erupted beautiful fabrics in every imaginable color.
It was memorizing just to witness the box opening. These rich fabrics
were her collection of dance costumes over the years of dancing. After
every performance her mother had carefully packed away the costume,
collecting many years together in this one special box.
Lady L was in awe of
the colors and the fabrics and she reached out, eyes sparkling with a
growing smile across her face. Tara carefully pulled each one out and
spread them across the floor as Lady L ran between them giggling try
hard to make a choice of a favorite one to put on.
In this life we are often faced with
decisions about things. That is where my dad would say, "Laurie, have
you made your list of priorities?" Artist friend from Colorado, Armella Benton,
reminded me of that this summer when I was struggling with health
issues and the heat. Sometimes we have very limited choices and other
times we are overcome with too many choices.
Finally Lady L choose a beautiful pink netted dress
with white dots and black ribbon. ( I wish I could show you the whole
picture... it is awesome.) She even managed to hold her dress up as she
waltzed around the room dancing in this floaty puffy netting.
Choices we make in life usually affect deeper things.
Sometimes our choices affect other people. Our negative choices often
weigh heavily on those that love us, forcing them to make choices of
their own creating a domino affect in a family. With every choice is a consequence and we must always consider what will follow with the decisions we make.
Brings back vivid memories of Sesame Street when
they would run that story about 'IF I DO THIS...then this will happen,
which will make this happen and then that will happen.' Maybe we need
to think about things in a simple way like this... Make your list first
and then a second list of the things that could happen from your initial
decision.
Seems like in today's world
the pressure is so intense we make hasty decisions often regretting
them later in the day or even later in life. Too bad life is not as
easy as Lady L sees it. It should be...God wants it to be. He wants us
to live our life and be happy, NOT stressed.
I had to throw in a picture of my outdoor boots for a laugh....
quite a contrast from Lady L's precious pink... but it brings me back
to what I wanted to blog about this morning. Dress Up or dress down with
boots? Is it important to dress up to impress people with who we think
we are? That is where I was going originally with this blog. What
does your 'dress up' have to do with who you are?
James 2:2-4
New International Version (NIV)
"Suppose a man comes
into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man
in filthy old clothes also comes in. If you show special attention to the man wearing fine clothes and say,
“Here’s a good seat for you,” but say to the poor man, “You stand there”
or “Sit on the floor by my feet,” have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts"
Know a man/woman by their actions and their travels through life. We all leave a trail on this planet with our choices and our actions. How we 'Dress Up' our lives and our appearance means very little if we are dark of heart. Do not judge by appearance but judge by heart and actions. Those decisions you make today create changes in the future, basically echoing on forever.
Laurie
2 Kings 1:1 "And when King Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes,
covered himself with sackcloth and entered the house of the LORD."
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