"Therefore, as God's chose people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity." - Colossians 3:12-14
This is one of my all time favorite verses. This past year as a Resident Adviser for a hall of 46 freshman women at APU, I used Colossians 3:12-14 as my hall verse. The hall theme was "Beloved" and in several other translations of this verse, the authors replaces the words "dearly loved" in verse 12 with "beloved." I thought I'd share this verse with you all because I thought it fit in pretty well with this week's topic of modesty.
Throughout this past school year, I tried to incorporate Colossians 3:12-14 into several events with my girls. One of the events we did was a challenge week where I challenged the girls to cover their mirrors, not wear make-up, and wear the same basic outfit for an entire week. Yeah, it was hard to do, but in that week we tore apart this verse together and challenged each other to focus on wearing something different that week. We talked about the importance of CHOOSING to clothe ourselves in those virtues and CHOOSING to put on love. We talked about how those are so much more important than the clothes we wear and the make-up we put on our face. The more we dig deeper into Christ and the more we let the Holy Spirit work in us, those virtues will start to become more natural aspects of our character. Our value does not lie in what we look like, but from what is within us. We are valuable simply because we are HIS! It is a concept that I don't think I'll ever fully understand, but the more and more I try to live out being a beloved daughter of a mighty MIGHTY God, the more and more I will be wearing compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.
See you all later tonight :)
Love,
Meg
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