A rare glimpse into my brain... Be afraid!

OK, I admit... I've changed my views somewhat as I've aged. Something that I have on my brain right now is the question of clothing in Church. Now, I went to a Baptist church for Sunday school for about 9 years... I'm not a Baptist by any standards we just had some friends there since my sister and I both went to private school there for a few years. Now in that particular church you didn't come to church on Sunday morning in anything less than a shirt and tie if you're a guy or less than a shirt and skirt if you're a girl. You were told the dress code and expected to follow it. They had a VERY strict dress code...

This is how I grew up thinking that if you went to church you had on your best clothes... Nothing wrong with that at all. However, there was something inherently wrong with my attitude about it over the years. After a while of that I would look at the people that weren't dressed as nice as me and think they should have dressed better. I didn't realize at the time that my attitude towards these people was wrong.

Fast forward a few years... I met Jamey. At that point I had started to get to know the people behind the casual clothing, but still had those thoughts about dress. When I went down to Memphis to visit with Jamey and his family - I can't remember how it all happened - one Sunday night I wore my jeans to Sunday night service! I felt uncomfortable to be dressed so casual in church... To make a long story short, I realized after a while that while man does look on the outside which is why we should dress modestly... God doesn't. He looks on the inside and if I'm thinking about the person that I think should dress better to church and not giving God my all during service then the person dressed casual isn't the problem... I am.

Now I still dress up for Sunday morning service but my attitude is totally different. I no longer think that those people should dress better, as long as it's modest I'm just glad to see them at church! :~)