[TheWriterInTexas]

Dear RaceBannon:

While I respect the message that reverence for the Almighty should be foremost in our hearts, I also recognize that God sees me now, in my usual housecleaning garb (my husband's old t-shirt, a pair of stained shorts, and sandals). He is with me now, when I am at my worst. He does not love me less if I am not dressed up.

God instructs us not to place faith in worldly things. If we spend less on dresses here so we can give more to the needy here, are we less deserving of Heaven?

The author is addressing the symptom, not the problem.

[RaceBannon]

Stay on topic with the article. This is not about what you wear everyday while cleaning the house, it is about how you appear before Him in worship in the assembly.

Too many people here skip the meaning of this article and make claims that I am calling for people who come to church for the first time to be thrown out if they wear jeans and a t-shirt.

This article is not written to the unsaved, it is written to professing believers, those who are assumed to be genuinely born again, and it is about people who no longer care to dress their best but have become lax and careless about their appearance.

Even in our flesh, we look at others different if they refuse to see that their torn clothes make them look sloppy, especially when they can easily afford to buy new clothes.

The articles is about people who do have jobs, who do have money, who do have nice clothes, but have decided that God is not worthy of dressing up for in Worship because of some misguided belief that God just isn't worth the effort to look our best for.

(but that dinner with the school principal or our boss is...)