Monday, April 15, 2013
Church Clothes
You know why African American people get so dressed up when they go to church? It comes from the days of slavery when they were often forced to work in the fields naked or nearly so. When they went to church, their church, they could wear what they wanted, and so they used this small freedom to get all dressed up for God. They were then the equals of their masters who got all dressed up for church too. Today, most of the descendents of the masters could not care less about getting all dressed up for God. Some of us even think we are doing God a favor by just showing up. You say, God does not care how you look? Sometimes clothes say a lot about attitude.
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I used to worry when my girls started to NOT want to wear dresses to church. Then a smart woman said to me, "You should be glad they're going to mass and not worry about what they're wearing." Ah... of course. And some folks wear the only clothes they have. Or maybe their washing machine broke. Or...... Anyway,
ReplyDeleteI think it's more important that people are there; not what they're wearing. But I still love ya!