What\u2019s your style?<\/p>\n
When I was younger, I never would have dreamed of answering this question, and if you did ask it, I would\u2019ve looked at you like you were crazy. Then I would have told you, \u201cIt\u2019s shorts and a T-shirt, duh.\u201d What I\u2019ve come to realize as I\u2019ve grown older is that there is more to a person than just the clothes that they wear. However, I think you can tell a lot about a person from their style.<\/p>\n
For example, my style is simple, mainly jeans and T-shirts, Clarks, Chacos, Birkenstocks, boots, scarves \u2014 comfort. I am a math major. I think in simple, straight-to-the-point terms. My style matches my thinking.<\/p>\n
My roommate, Raianne, on the other hand, is more complex than that. She wears colorful or patterned pants, fancy hats to church, lots of lace when possible, heels, etc. Raianne is more of a creative thinker and looks for many different ways to think about many different things.\u00a0 Again, her style matches her thinking.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve learned a lot about style, simply by wearing her clothes once a month on what we refer to as \u201cDress Your Roommate Day\u201d (DYRD). I\u2019ve learned a lot about who she is and how confident she is in her identity. In the same way, I\u2019ve learned I am confident in who I am, and I affirm that by my style.<\/p>\n
In Colossians 3, God calls us to clothe ourselves \u201cwith compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience \u2026 and over all these virtues put on love.\u201d Before DYRD, I would\u2019ve thought that these things were supposed to be everybody\u2019s style, but now that I see how differently people dress, I question that notion. Yes, God calls us to put on those things, but do they look the same on each individual person?<\/p>\n
Every person\u2019s style is unique and different in its own way. My style is simple: I am loyal, loving and kind to the people I love most. I try my best to be humble in every situation I face. I am diligent when given a task and will give it 100 percent. I am faithful to what I believe and am unwavering in that faith. I am beautiful in my own unique way, showing Christ\u2019s love to all I come in contact with through a smile.<\/p>\n
Raianne, on the other hand, gives and gives of herself to everyone around her. She writes letters and sends flowers to people having bad days. She shares unconditionally and without grumbling. She is kind and full of compassion for the work she wants to do for a nonprofit someday. She loves the Lord and she loves people.<\/p>\n
I guess you could say that I\u2019ve learned a lot about style this past year. I can say that when Christ clothes you, that is yours and yours alone. We can\u2019t have DYRD when it comes to our spiritual gifts. That is something God has uniquely blessed each of us with.<\/p>\n
Now, let\u2019s clothe ourselves with Christ, not caring what others think of our style. Christ is the light of the world, and if we\u2019re clothed with his love, others will want to wear it, too. Love is the only piece of style that everyone possesses.<\/p>\n
Written by Kaylin Turley<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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