As I was getting dressed for church this morning, I changed clothes several times. I have had my clothes taken up so often that I am embarrassed to return to the seamstress again. She keeps telling me you are shrinking. I cannot keep taking up these clothes. Why do you not just buy more?

I thought about it several times. Today, this morning, God said to me just like you keep holding on to these clothes, I want you to hold on to me. He said, “Come what may, remember, I am your God.” As I was with Abraham, I am with you. Trust me as I carry you. I get up now to make it to Sunday School.

Many people say they come to church on Sunday and are not fed with the Word of God. Today, Jesus said to me, “Tell them they are not interested in My Word because if they were, my Word should be written on the table of their hearts.” Before I knew it, today in Sunday School, I said, Please let no saints come to me and say they are not getting the Word because if they are looking to get the Word, they will study, they will read the Word every chance they get, and they would be faithful to Bible Study and Sunday School. We have deep conversations and revelations in Sunday School and Bible Study.

God is showing me that we make excuses as to why we are not thriving in the church. I say it is because we are not putting the time in. Sunday Worship Service is just what it says. It is a time of worship and offering thanks to God for bringing us safely through to Sunday Sabbath. It is a period of testimony, thanksgiving, caring, and sharing.

Why does she have pictures of herself and talking about church, the sabbath, Bible Study, etc.?

Thanks for asking; as I was changing clothes so many times this morning, I thought about how I am trying to hold on to clothes that are special to me at the same time; I asked God to help me lose weight and be healthy.

Every time God gives me what I ask for, I do not want to accept that change comes with sacrifices and resolve.

We are just that way with God. We want to be saved, but we do not want to let go of things we have been holding on to for one reason or the other. When God delivers us from our troubles, we want to keep dipping back, trying to fix things from our past to make them work in the present.

I said Lord, I love my clothes; I cannot see letting them go. God said, do you realize you could have bought several new dresses for the amounts you keep paying to alter these you have?

When I kept going back and forth with God, I had no time to put something hot in my stomach before going to Sunday School.

I posted all these pictures of me today because when I look at the pictures standing next to my mom and others, I am convicted. I used to say to my mom, Mom, I know your clothes are pretty, but they keep falling off you. When I got to church this morning, my mom wore one of her favorite suits and a pinned skirt. The amount pinned off was enough to get another small person inside with her if she took it alone. I looked down to say something, and God reminded me of what I said to her. No matter how many clothes I buy her now, she returns to her favorites.

God tells us to watch that we will reap what we sow.

This dress I have on today has been taken up, cut off so much to accommodate my weight loss that I must make some serious decisions soon.

This is me; I am lost in my beautiful clothes. I know God wants us to be conservative in our dress, but at times, we can be extreme.

Thank you, Jesus, for always guiding me and giving me more wisdom.