Faithful Fashion

Colossians 3

One task I tend to put off is changing over the clothes in my closet at the beginning of a new season. When it comes to fashion, I have always valued comfort over couture. This passage from Colossians presents us with a closet full of pieces that resemble my own closet space: pieces that are not necessarily fashionable or comfortable: compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, patience, and love. Should I put them on today? Will they fit?

Humility might feel a little loose, patience too constricting. I might feel like shoving compassion to the back of the closet because I wear i...