Daily question for us gals (and guys, too), isn’t it? I open my closet and peer in as if the contents have changed since the night before. I assess my mood for the day, consult the weather forecast, look at my calendar for what the day holds……and suddenly come to a screeching halt as a gentle voice whispers, “clothe yourself in me.”
What do you mean, Lord?
So off I go to the princess chair and look at Colossians 3 in The Message and voila! There it is! Exactly what I need to put on today: …dress in the wardrobe God picked out for you:
Compassion
Kindness
Humility
Quiet strength
Discipline
and regardless of what else you put on, wear love. It’s your basic, all-purpose garment. Never be without it! (Colossians 3:12, 14)
As much as I want to look presentable, professional and precious, what is most important is what I radiate from within to the people I come in contact with every day. Some of the most beautiful women I see have the emptiest eyes. Hard eyes, bitter eyes, fearful eyes, weary eyes. No clothing can mask the pain and emptiness. No makeup can make it better. And some days, that’s the woman I see in my mirror.
So today, I’m going to dress my heart before I dress myself. And when I come in contact with others today, I am going to remind myself that I am wearing love.
Don’t leave home without it!
Friday, June 10, 2011
Saturday, June 4, 2011
She Gets Me
What is it about shopping with a daughter?
I’ve come to believe it’s actually a Biblical based activity. The amazing Proverbs 31 woman shopped with wisdom: “She considers a field and buys it.” I bet her daughter helped her chose the field and gave her input about the location, the landscape, the practicality of the purchase. It’s an important part of “train up a child?”
Some of my most fun memories and some of my biggest struggles have come about while shopping with my daughter. When she was two, she had the fashion sense to ask for panties to match every dress. And what mom can ever forget swimsuit shopping with a teenage daughter. Shopping for a prom dress and realizing my little girl had grown up. And the look on her face when she found that special wedding dress. Sweet moments! What about the joys of shopping for baby clothes. And clothes to wear after the baby is born? More precious times.
Here are some advantages of shopping with a daughter:
We share the same dressing room and no one thinks it’s weird – and if they did, we wouldn’t care!
We cheer each other on.
I hang up her clothes – once a mom, always a mom.
It gives us an opportunity to catch up on each other’s lives.
We practice the “power of our words” with each other – no one has a melt down usually – and if we do, we go home. (Some things never change)
We help each other by getting a different size or color – there is very little assistance in dressing rooms anymore.
Neither of us feels like it’s a wasted trip if we put everything back and try again at another store or on another day.
There is laughter, occasional tears, always love and acceptance.
When the going gets tough, we say goodbye to clothes shopping and HELLO to books, coffee and a dessert. Those never disappoint.
I think she’s one of the most remarkable young women I know – and I’m honored to be her mom…and her friend!
She gets me….and I get her!
Yep, shopping with a daughter is a special treat. I am grateful God gave me a little girl who has grown up to be a strong, wise woman. I’d like to think she got some of that while shopping with her mom.
I’ve come to believe it’s actually a Biblical based activity. The amazing Proverbs 31 woman shopped with wisdom: “She considers a field and buys it.” I bet her daughter helped her chose the field and gave her input about the location, the landscape, the practicality of the purchase. It’s an important part of “train up a child?”
Some of my most fun memories and some of my biggest struggles have come about while shopping with my daughter. When she was two, she had the fashion sense to ask for panties to match every dress. And what mom can ever forget swimsuit shopping with a teenage daughter. Shopping for a prom dress and realizing my little girl had grown up. And the look on her face when she found that special wedding dress. Sweet moments! What about the joys of shopping for baby clothes. And clothes to wear after the baby is born? More precious times.
Here are some advantages of shopping with a daughter:
We share the same dressing room and no one thinks it’s weird – and if they did, we wouldn’t care!
We cheer each other on.
I hang up her clothes – once a mom, always a mom.
It gives us an opportunity to catch up on each other’s lives.
We practice the “power of our words” with each other – no one has a melt down usually – and if we do, we go home. (Some things never change)
We help each other by getting a different size or color – there is very little assistance in dressing rooms anymore.
Neither of us feels like it’s a wasted trip if we put everything back and try again at another store or on another day.
There is laughter, occasional tears, always love and acceptance.
When the going gets tough, we say goodbye to clothes shopping and HELLO to books, coffee and a dessert. Those never disappoint.
I think she’s one of the most remarkable young women I know – and I’m honored to be her mom…and her friend!
She gets me….and I get her!
Yep, shopping with a daughter is a special treat. I am grateful God gave me a little girl who has grown up to be a strong, wise woman. I’d like to think she got some of that while shopping with her mom.
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