The Gold Bathing Suit

...over all these... put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.       Colossians 3:14Last night three of our young grandchildren had a sleepover. Watching them swim before bedtime, my mind traveled back to when my sister and I were kids.For ten weeks each summer we were in absolute heaven, at a small lakeside cabin, where our parents had spent their honeymoon.  

The year I was eight, I had a gold lame bathing suit.  I felt like the queen, or at the very least, Esther Williams.  What I couldn’t do in that suit!  Synchronized ballet swimming had nothing on my moves. Or so I thought. Once I donned the gold bathing suit, I was invincible in the water.

Sometimes I catch myself dressing a certain way according to my mood.  If I am feeling confident, maybe a classy, together looking outfit, complete with jewelry.  If I feel blue or down in the dumps, a sloppy T-shirt,cut-offs, and a ponytail might do it.

In the Bible, book of Isaiah, it says, to put on a garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness.  Singing along to some praise and worship music definitely brightens up my depression.

So here’s the question: what are you wearing today? No matter what it is, God’s love and light fit perfectly over it.  They’re the one-size fits all that really does, any and every day.

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Contributed by Sally I. Kennedyboca7565@bellsouth.net
Author of "52 Little Parables from Ireland" Creation House Press