7/23/13:

TFTD: “For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.” Ephesians 2:8-10

Have you seen those people who walk around with their pants below their butts? Man they have some swag. I wish I could walk around and be confident enough to dress that way. Okay so I don’t really, but it is interesting right? A lot of the people who dress that way or walk with a little hitch in their step have this confidence about them. They have this attitude of “I am who I am because I have made this brand or style of me. It is what I want others to see me as and it’s new, I am perfecting it every day”. Talk about confidence right? Well maybe not. I am not just talking about the saggy pants people but everyone who puts on the face. You know the face. It’s the face of I am okay as long as you don’t ask me how I am really doing. I am okay if you look at the superficial. I am okay and am used to not being okay. It’s who I am. That face is broken. It’s beat up and overworked because society has this idea that we have to be okay all the time. It is the face of a beat up sinner who is left to fend for themselves because their sin is the only thing that they can see.

            Would you believe me if I said I am part of a group that walked around with a swag? A confidence that others can see in me and a hitch in my step? You can have this swag to. It is for everyone to have and it comes with healing. A swag that comes with healing? What are you talking about? I am talking about the swag of forgiveness and grace. Its swag only God can give. A full fledged confidence that we are Saved With Amazing Grace. Knowledge that all our sins have been paid for by the cross of Christ and that we get to put on the face of forgiven and loved. The face of, I am okay because I know I AM. I am okay with being not perfect. I am okay being real with people because that is how I am called to live. It’s a face of a patched up imperfect person who confuses society with their idea of okay because God has a different meaning. It’s the S.W.A.G. face. So get your swag on!

“Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.”- Helen Keller