Get Dressed!

Last Saturday I didn’t have anything I had to do so I decided to wear sweats for day. I did put on make-up, but I only haphazardly blow-dried my hair because I had no intention of leaving the house. Even though I did some laundry and a little bit of typing, by late afternoon it didn’t seem like I had accomplished anything. I felt disheveled, as though I’d been setting around in my pajamas all day. I have a renewed appreciation for Paul’s instruction on getting dressed daily, “Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God” (Eph 6:13-17 NIV).