My special Christmas attire is ready!
My people!! It's hard to believe this is the last letter I'll be sending out this year! It feels like I've been doing this for so long but it's only been 4 monthssss. I'm so grateful for everyone who has joined me in living recklessly in the Father's love. Y'all it's about to be a gooooood ride, and that's me trying not to exaggerate how beautiful our lives will be as we move on together.
And speaking about beauty, it's gonna be Christmas in about a week and we all know it's the most wonderful time of the year. With the bells starting to jingle, trees going up and some still trying to learn how to make chinchin, it only seems natural to have a Christmas themed post... So here goes nothing. Today I want to share with you an event that has marked every Christmas I've ever lived to see. It's none other than the glorious Christmas cloth shopping!!! I don't even plan on being one of those adults who decide to let it go, nahh it's gonna be at the top of my yearly budget. Like, is Christmas even Christmas without that special attire?
I vividly remember when I was 6 y/o and it was that time of the year again. Our dad had told us some days before that we'd be making the trip to his friend's store to get our clothes. As expected, my kiddy heart was jolly and expectant, and not just about getting new clothes but because I got to travel (it was about an hour's drive btw). I looked forward to getting cramped up in the back seat, listening and singing along to Asa with my family (just thinking about the words I could've made up as a child to rhyme with Asa's song makes me smile), looking at people I've never seen before through the window and getting to eat banana or ground-nut from a hawker's tray. That whole experience made the year-long wait worth it, but there was more!
As I stepped into the LarryKay boutique no one could convince me heaven was anything more. The cool air from the AC, colourful lights and mannequins in clothes I wanted on myself took all my attention away from the adults trying to say hi and talk about how much I'd grown. As we walked through the aisles my parents ask if I like about 20 clothes on the rack and I nod a yes for each one, how do I explain I WANT EVERYTHING. They finally decide on one for me, which I think is rational even though 6 y/o me was annoyed. How chaotic it would've been if I had to do that myself. I really liked it (I think...), Christmas don set, e remain to catwalk into children class feeling like the mother of Jesus. Okurrrr.
All this to say what?
Isaiah 61:10 I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation, He has wrapped me with a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
Our yearly adornments and decking are only sweet attempts to mirror the majestic garments the Lord has clothed us in, through Christ.
All year round, till eternity, we have been clothed with the fanciest Christmas cloth/attire everrrr. And that's our salvation and righteousness in Christ - the deliverance of our spirit, soul and body from the grasp of the one who deems to condemn us alongside himself. Oof BUT FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!
(Christmas hymn featured in mail: Hark the Herald Angels Sing composed by Felix Mendelssohn.)
Merry Christmas and Happy New year in advance my dear ones!
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