A teenager told me that she paid $75 for a pair of faded jeans with holes in them. That gave me a spin.
Wearing faded “ripped” jeans is a trend that began in the 1970s as rich kids shocked their parents by wearing clothes worn by the poor. When bands and popular stars started wearing them in the 90s it took off.
To those who lived in poverty jeans with holes were not stylish. We even bought patches to cover them. They were faded because they had been washed so many times that the color faded.
The holes were an embarrassment back then. Today, youth pay big money for holy pants.
God wants us to have holy lives, but we can't buy a life with the holiness already built-in; already broken-in, mistakes already made; already faded by experience.
We become holy when we submit ourselves to God’s will. We give him the holes, empty spaces, mistakes, and troubles that have bothered us, and he gives us a new life.
That new life is holy, but it doesn’t have any holes. They’ve been covered by the blood of the lamb.
1 Peter 1:16 says, Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
Holy pants cost a lot of money.
Holy lives cost nothing. Why?
Jesus paid it all.
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