Dress for the Occasion

Ok, let's think about this for a few minutes. If you go to the gym to exercise, you put on a certain type of clothes, right?? And if you go to a party, you put on a different type of clothes than what you wore for the gym.... Now, sometimes an occasion arises and you want to get something new. A new dress, a new top, something along those lines. BUT usually, a person tries on the outfit first, right?? It just makes sense. You want to make sure it fits right, that you can move in it, things like that. So what happens when you try something new that you didn't try on first, or you didn't "test" first?? Let me tell you, it can be disastrous!

Every morning I go for a jog. It's usually 3 miles and I walk part of it and jog part of it.( I'm working on building up my strength and stamina since I've never been a runner.) So, the other day I decided instead of my workout Capri pants, I would try a pair of shorts. Then I put on a pair of socks that are different than most of my other pairs, and I got ready to go. I got to the park and started my jog...wow.... what a mess I was.... I got going and no sooner than I started I felt like I was slowing down every 30 seconds to adjust the shorts or move my foot around because my sock was rubbing my foot wrong... UGH!! What was I thinking when I got ready??

By the time I finished, my jog time had been significantly affected and I felt more worn out from constantly fixing my clothes than I did from the actual workout!! This of course then got me thinking.... How am I dressed for other occasions. Now, you could take this and run down the modesty road. That's not what crossed my mind though. Maybe because I have never been one to dress "provocatively" or immodestly. But I got to thinking about how "prepared" I am and what I "clothe" myself in. Humility or Pride? Holiness or Self righteousness? Am I ready in season and out of season? Will the things I clothe myself in every day affect "my race"? I realized quickly that I can't get to heaven one day and say, "Sorry I'm late I had put on different socks." or "Sorry I didn't get a chance to witness to that person, I had to leave to change my shirt." How unacceptable... practically speaking even, how would it look for a bride to get half way down the aisle and say, "Sweetheart, can you wait just one second, I need to go change my shoes quick, these are rubbing my feet." Now, a bride might kick them puppies off once she's said "I do" and kissed her groom, but that's a TOTALLY different story folks!!!

I guess it just made me think about what things are important in life. What things I need to work on that are affecting my "race", my witness, my ability to "keep a good pace" (as I talked about before)... I don't want to have my walk (or jog haha) affected by what I'm clothed in.

Here's to choosing an acceptable wardrobe!!!