Covered

You really have to sneak-up on Mister Bill to catch him without a shirt: as a boy, he was taught it was appropriate to be covered-up especially in the presence of a lady. Funny thing: you rarely see my three adult boys without a shirt either - good job, Mister Bill. In the story of the first couple's disobedience and sin's entrance into the world, "the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves." (Genesis 3:7). As skimpy as fig-leaf clothing may have been, it's no more meager than the attempts to hide our own shame from others and [most importantly] from God. Note God's next words to the violators: "Where are you? ... Who told you that you were naked? ... What have you done?" (V.9, 11, 13). Ah, confrontation! God's probing questions were meant to bring man to acknowledgement-confession. Every person must be confronted with their shortcoming, disobedience, rebellion ... sin. There is only one way to know the Beauty of God's divine covering of by the redemptive Blood of Jesus: "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." (1 John 1:9). I've found the best way to continually confront my own sinfulness is to be daily in God's Word - meditating on Its words and hiding Its words in my heart. Let's face it: we all work hard to rightly cover ourselves - oh, yes! Christ's blood-covering looks really good on us - It's a thing of great and priceless beauty. I sure hope you're covered!