Though I think God is more concerned about our heart attitude than our clothes, we dress up a little and expect our children to do the same. However, what is "dressed up" in our Western Society now is nothing like it was when I was a child. What we used to call casual dress is now considered dressy.

I remember worshipping in a church in the French countryside where the farmers had to come in their overalls (from milking cows, etc.) in order to make it to worship on time. Nobody was really bothered by that, because they maintained a worshipful attitude.

While dress can be an indication of our heart attitude, some people don't own nice clothes, especially in my community. To get dressed up for them is putting on their best jeans, best pair of sandals and best T-shirt. If we get too worried about what people are wearing, we are starting to fall into the category of "outward appearances".

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J Baldwin
Keowee Presbyterian Church, PCA
Pickens, SC
“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.” Luke 10:27

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