A man from Michigan visited our church last Sunday and as I shook his hand at the end of the service I took a closer look at the shirt he was wearing.

The graphic was an outline of the state of Michigan but the inside was filled with Ohio State logos!  I think he’s a brave soul if he wears it where he lives!

I am fairly certain Jesus never saw a shirt like this one – or did He?

He often taught about the ceremonial religion of the Pharisees.  Jesus said “On the outside (like a freshly cleaned mausoleum) you look beautiful, but your inside is full of dead men’s bones.” In essence He was telling them that God desired a personal and intimate relationship, but their primary focus was the outline and what people saw.

The outline or the outside (what people see) matters. But if the inside is clean it will be seen on the outside (Matthew 23:26).

I wonder what it would look like if each of us wore a shirt with an outline filled with pictures of what’s in our hearts and minds, our attitudes and the private stuff (good or bad).

Blessings!

Pastor Mark