Fashion-ed

by Kevin Wimbish, LMFT

He walks down the street wearing earbuds that are good for listening to music, but maybe even better as a fashion statement. She buys an SUV that is good for transporting people, but maybe even better for showing belonging to a certain social class. He expresses a certain opinion of matters with which he kind of agrees, but he knows it’s in fashion, so he proceeds.


I wonder if we believed that we are really fashioned in the image of God would we need to present all these other images?


I wonder if we really believed that we have inherent value as Image-Bearers of The King of the universe would we need to find our value in how valuable are our things.


I wonder if we ultimately rested in the approval of God would we need the approval of the masses by agreeing with whatever is in fashion in the culture.

“For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.”‭‭ (Psalm‬ ‭139: 13-14,‬ ‭English Standard Version)


“Then God said, ‘Let Us make man in Our image..”‭‭ (Genesis‬ ‭1:26‬)

In 20 years that SUV may have a bit of rust. In 20 years kids may laugh at how archaic those earbuds were. In 20 years our “enlightened” way of thinking may reveal itself to have been an unwise social experiment.


“There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal. Nations, cultures, arts, civilizations – these are mortal, and their life is to ours as the life of a gnat. But it is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub, and exploit.”– C. S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory

May we start believing that we don’t need so many things to make us feel valuable to ourselves and others. May we regularly reflect on God’s love for us more than the crowd’s “love” for us. May we realize that we don’t need certain material fashions nor to go along with current thought fashions to be valuable.


Fashions come and go. “The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.”‭‭ (Isaiah‬ ‭40: 8)‬ ‭

Kevin Wimbish, LMFT
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