Day Four: Ephesians & Why

We need to make holes. In the Bible, it’s the put-off,
put-on principle, and you can’t reverse the order. If you put on first, you
cover up what needs to go. Go too long like this, and you might forget you ever
needed to put off anything at all. Make a habit of putting on without first
putting off, and you’re too layered up – like that little kid in his puffy
snowsuit from A Christmas Story, except that you’re a 37-year-old women and
only a fraction as adorable.

Not sure if this was the image the Apostle Paul had in mind when he wrote to the early churches, but it’s no matter. This is what a Perpetual Yes Girl looks like.

Off Before On = No Before Yes. The exchange isn’t always immediate, which is why I think we avoid those off’s and no’s. Making the hole is usually the precursor to that slow part in the story where the waiting sets in.

Feeling like you just busted into the middle of a conversation? Maybe you did. Let me take you to Day One of this series so you can begin at the beginning.