Stripped Naked

In his book True Self/False Self, Basil Pennington writes that our false self is comprised of 1) what we do, 2) what we have, and 3) what people think of us.

I am unemployed, so I don't do anything.

I have very little.

People don't think about me all that much.

I am stripped naked.

That is scary. But it is also freeing.

This morning as I thought about being "stripped naked," I felt the need to be clothed.

Then, I thought about when the Bible talks about being "clothed with Christ."

I am buck naked and desperately in need of a new wardrobe. And I don't want to clothe myself. Whenever I attempt to do this, my prideful accoutrements always devolve into tattered rags.

I need Christ to clothe me.

I hope He schedules a fitting soon--it's getting a bit nippy.