meet my new fashion guru

I've had some good conversations with Rick lately. One of the most surprising revelations out of that is that Rick likes my new clothes. Some of you women give me fashion feedback :) but he's the first guy! I kinda think male preachers don't wrestle with this, but I am very aware that people are looking at me for 30-40 minutes and they're most likely going to notice what I wear. That was never a problem when I was in front of 2nd graders!

I like to wear browns and blacks and muted colors. Rick also noticed that I use muted (i.e., drab, boring) colors for my flyers. So making bright and colorful clothing choices makes me a little uncomfortable. I stand in front of the mirror and wonder, "Is this too loud for me?" "Are these pants too blindingly white?" "Is this going to distract from what I'm saying?" And also, "Are they going to judge me for going shopping and having too many new clothes?"

This morning at Cafe Fuego (Saturday morning prayer) God told me that it's okay. (Maybe God likes my new clothes too?) He's made me new on the inside, and it's okay to be new on the outside too. It's new for me to have a voice, to be heard, to have something to say, to have confidence in God's leading. And the newness inside is reflected in the newness on the outside, the new willingness to be seen, to appear confident and even bold.

Anyway, I told Rick he can be my new fashion guru. And now . . . I'm going shopping :) Which of these do you think I should wear on Sunday?