I am sitting here looking at a coupon that will enable me to purchase thirty dollars worth of clothing at a consignment store for only fifteen dollars. Now that’s a bargain. Usually thirty dollars worth of clothing for thirty dollars is a bargain at a consignment store. But this is really over the top. How can I refuse to use it? Except there is one small detail. I have stopped buying clothes. I have enough clothes. I will die before I wear out the clothes in my closet. Except maybe I might need a new pair of church shoes. The pair I have now I bought in 1988. I have had them reheeled four times and resoled twice. Perhaps I can get that done one more time and then they will last me to the end. They are wingtips and if I polish them nicely they will look good in the coffin; except they won’t show. If you don’t need something it isn’t a bargain no matter how inexpensive. So I will pass up on this coupon.
When it comes to getting new clothes there is one garment all of us need. It’s actually mentioned in the Old Testament. In Zachariah 3 is the story of the high priest getting new clothes. They were spotless. Again in Revelation 7 the redeemed are wearing white robes. They are made white by the blood of the Lamb. How grand that is! They were not purchased at a consignment store. Oh no. These were purchased at Calvary. Jesus paid for them with His life and we will have them in our wardrobes forever. They will never go out of style. They are the best.
Written by Roger Bothwell on September 20, 2011
Spring of Life Ministry, PO Box 124, St. Helena, CA 94574
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