[GCFL-discuss] Old cowboy goes to church

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I must say, Posh, that Eagle, Lance and Rev. Ev are all correct.  I agree 
100 % with them. There can be a bit of vanity in dressing up for church; a 
sort of "holier than thou" kind of attitude.  You were right when you were 
talking of cleanliness, and being clean before God. God wants clean hearts, 
and clean minds; He has never said that he wanted clean clothing in the 
Bible. It's not there. It's not even in the Books of the Law - the strict 
Old Testament rules.

However, I also do not take the "you can dress as a slob, 'cause it doesn't 
matter" approach, because it does. God notices time an effort we put into 
our work - He does want us to do the best we can with everything, including 
dress. It is a sign of respect, and IF it is a call of personal worship - by 
which I mean "a private way of showing God that you love Him" - then that's 
fine. As long as the attitude behind the dress is not one of pride and 
vanity. After all, it's the attitude that counts, in everything.

I, personally, dress a bit fancier than usual for church. I don't often wear 
jeans to church, but sometimes I do. If someone comes in dressed differently 
from me, I take no offense to it. It simply doesn't matter to me.

~Quama

>From: gcfl-discuss at gcfl.net
>To: Quama <sea_jays at hotmail.com>
>CC: "Discussion of the Good, Clean Funnies List" <gcfl-discuss at gcfl.net>
>Subject: Re: [GCFL-discuss] Old cowboy goes to church
>Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 10:06:48 -0500
>
>Posh,
>       I agree that people should dress up some, but within reason.  I work
>at a church camp where we hold our own services on Sunday morning.  There
>the only people who are not in shorts and T shirts are the ones who also
>went to a service in town.  This is very normal and expected because of the
>nature of the camp.  You have to always you are going to get filthy and 
>they
>don't want to make everybody go change between church and lunch.
>
>I would have no problem with the guy showing up in what he did.  He is by
>definition a cowboy.  Probably living payday to payday.  Also a job where
>you are outside working in all kinds of conditions.  Despite this "the old
>man and his clothes were spotlessly clean."  He took the time to make
>himself as nice as he could.
>
>Eagle
>
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