THE PROS AND CONS OF A WRAPAROUND SKIRT

THE PROS AND CONS OF A WRAPAROUND SKIRT

Growing up in the 60’s I remember wearing a wraparound skirt.  It was an open piece of fabric with long ties on the top corners.  You put the skirt on by wrapping it around your waist, slipping one tie through a large buttonhole, and then tying the ties around your waist in the front. It was an easy skirt to wear, and an easy skirt to sew.  If you lost a little weight, you just overlapped the edges of skirt a little more.  If you gained a few pounds, the overlapped area was smaller.  But if you gained too much weight, the overlap on the skirt was not so forgiving so that when you sat down, you had to be careful lest your slip – or something worse if you wore no slip! – was peeking through.  Those extra pounds left me more exposed than I wanted to be in my wraparound skirt!

Sometimes life seems too much like wearing my wraparound skirt when it’s not fitting so well. Worry, fear, anxiety creep in.  How am I going to make it?  How is this ever going to work out?

God’s answer?  Ps. 3:3:  “You take me and surround me with yourself.” 

Ps. 7:10: “God, your wrap-around presence is my protection and my defense.” 

Ps. 5:12: “Lord, how wonderfully you bless the righteous. Your favor wraps around each one and covers them…” (Passion Translation)

The Father says, "No worries, I gotcha covered whether you’re on track, or you have slipped up again."  

Need a safe place?  There are no gaps in his presence when I hide myself in him.  He’s the wraparound God who envelops me, and you, in his arms. Come and join me on the Father’s lap.  Come live from his presence.