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Well, we have just come through the awards ceremony season. The Grammy's, the Emmys, the Oscars, the ASCAPs, the SAGs, the AMAs, the CMAs, the Golden Globes, the People's Choices and the Cleo's, have all been handed out. More important, our most pressing question has been answered: "Who are you wearing?"
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Yes, Joan, this is Donatella Versace.

Well, Melissa, I have this on loan from Valentino.

Thank you, Jules, it is Dolce and Gabbana.

and Donna Karan,

and Loy and Ford,

and FUBU,

and not (thankfully) Bob Mackey,

and the stilettos are by Manolo,

and the bag is by Dior,

and the ring is by Bulgari,

and the watch is by Severin Wunderman.

"Who are you wearing?" "What a pointless, stupid, shallow question," I have always thought. It sounds as if a person happens to be draped around your shoulders. "What are you wearing?" is often a pertinent—especially if you have permitted a three-year-old to dress herself, or you have teenagers in the house. But "Who are you wearing" is one of those vapid west coast questions.

That was my smug reaction to this question, until, as always, the Lord blessed me with one of those moments when I realized I'm the shallow one.

"Who are you wearing?” This is the ultimate question. 

Do you not know that as many of you who have been baptized into Christ have clothed yourself with Christ? There is now neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor .free man, there is neither male nor female but you are all one in Christ Jesus. Galatians 3.27-28

Jesus is the garment worn by the saved so that when others see us they don't notice that we are rich or poor, Republican or Democrat, hip-hop or NASCAR- but only that we are His. The most noticeable thing about us is supposed to be our Jesus-ness.

When Saul agreed to allow David to face Goliath (I Samuel 17), he tried to dress the adolescent David up in his grown man's armor. It didn't work. David faced the giant just as he was—a shepherd boy, with his sling and shepherd's bag—and artillery prevailed over infantry. David was who he was. Saul's armor wasn't appropriate to his identity.

We belong to Christ - simply, and reverently. He alone is who we are to be wearing.

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