My thoughts are.......do what you can. The fellow showing up straight from work in his dirty work clothes is doing what he can. His priority was getting there instead of missing for the sake of looking good. Been there myself. I have to wonder though.....the same folks that say they wear what they want because that is what's comfortable, i.e. shorts and flip flops.....would show up to their granny's funeral or their daughter's wedding dressed the same way? Are they the same people who, as cartervj and I mentioned, bashed Obama for dressing down in the White House and Fetterman for wearing sweat pants and a hoodie to the inauguration. What's more important to you? That's a choice you alone have to make.
I don’t think attire shows importance. The reason we dress the way we do at funerals and weddings is due to traditions. I’ve been to a few weddings at the beach. We wore shorts and flip flops. Those traditions were established by men, not God. I believe the “Sunday Best” is a tradition established by men as well. And it’s ok if people like that tradition and want to go to a church that adheres to it. Nothing wrong with that at all. But I don’t believe that not wearing fancy clothes to the church service means you are disrespecting God. He is with us Al the time. Even when we nekkid
