That may seem like a strange title, but this is a strange post, so it works! It is the story of one of my skirts 🙂
Just one short week ago, it was a normal, clean skirt. Now it smells and is covered with all sorts of fun stuff from my week.
And, because I’m me, I’m going to include a picture so you can get the full experience 🙂
It may not look like much, but that skirt is covered in memories.
That biggest mark you see came from a day with the kids – I’m still not quite sure what it is…
There is chai all over – and by that I mean ALL over.
There is a stripe down one side from one of my many clumsy moments in which I dumped my bowl of cereal all over myself.
And there is a spot in the center where I had a little boy on my lap and his diaper leaked… I’m sorry if that was too much information for some of you…
As seemingly gross as this all sounds, I am a little sad at the thought of doing laundry today and washing it. That may sound crazy, but I feel like our work here is kind of represented by this skirt. It may not always be pretty or pleasant, it will never smell good, and it can sometimes be painful (represented by the burning chai), but it is good and it is beautiful in its own way.
Sometimes the most meaningful and fulfilling things are the things that don’t look good from the outside. I have rarely been as filled and joyful as I was in those times while wearing that skirt. To some that may seem crazy, but that’s just the way God works!
“But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; and base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen”
– 1 Corinthians 1:27-28
And God has chosen a skirt to confound me; and God has chosen a bunch of special needs children in India to teach me about Him and His character and to bring me joy.
