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I slipped the soft fabric over my head, letting it slide down to cover my body. When I added the jacket, which was made of the same peachy pink color, I felt regal. Not since my own wedding have I felt so elegantly dressed. My daughter-in-law wished for me to have such a dress for their wedding, something matching with her mother, so I had gone on a shopping search.
During my first trip to town I looked in all the right stores, but found nothing the right color, style, or size. Next I visited fabric stores but found nothing suitable. I never did find my dress, God did. He led me to a resale shop where it hung near the door awaiting my arrival to claim it. I spent several hours altering the dress to fit me and then hung it in my closet to await the momentous occasion when I would wear it for my son’s wedding.
My daughters gave me complements on my dress. “You look good in it.” “I really like your dress.” Wearing it made me feel dressed up and beautiful.
I have heard about another wedding I don’t want to miss. I want to be beautifully dressed, perfect for the occasion.
For some years I searched for the right attire without success. Then one day I read these words. “Christ’s character stands in place of your character, and you are accepted before God just as if you had not sinned.” God showed me the garment and I accepted the dress Jesus provides—His righteousness. With no thread of human devising--no need of alteration at my hand--it fits perfectly. Dressed in Jesus’ righteousness I am beautiful.
I am allowed to wear this wonderful gown every day, thus being constantly prepared for the time when God announces the time of His Son’s wedding. Sometimes I forget I’m royally dressed. Then my Father reminds me. Perhaps the formal dress I now own will also serve as a reminder. When I wear it to church I feel dressed up for my Husband Jesus, who has asked me to be His bride.
"Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honor to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints." Revelation 19:7, 8
Me with my husband on our son's wedding day.
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