What “In-fit” are you wearing? What “Fashion” are you presenting on the runway of life?
Today, we’re going on a Journey into our soul’s closet and see what “In-fits” are hanging in there.
Physically, we wear outfits to present a certain look depending on situations or the event of the day. You may have all kinds of outfits hanging in your closet. Outfits for casual wear, exercise, professional, sports, sleeping just to name a few. We choose appropriately according to what our activities will be.
Mentally, we do this as well. I call these inward outfits, In-fits. Let’s go a little deeper so we can understand more about the in-fits that we wear. Questions you may ask are: What are “In-fits” and where do they come from? How are in-fits designed? What are some examples of in-fits? How are they fashioned and presented in our lives?
What are In-fits and where do they come from?
In-fits are how you act or respond in life. It is the attitude that you present in any given situation. It is the attitude of the mind. What you give your attention to creates. What are you designing with your thoughts, with your attitude? Your “in-fits” are created by the thoughts you think.
How are your In-fits designed? First let’s look at how your physical outfits are created. Simply put, it is the process of cutting the material to a pattern, then sewing the pieces together to create a unique piece of clothing. You, inwardly, perform the same process as well.
Did you know that what you think about is the material that you are providing for your in-fits to be made from? That is worth repeating: What you think about is the material that your “in-fits” are designed with.
You could say that your mind is the clothing factory that produces your “in-fits” in life, made from the material that you, individually provide. You are the provider of your own “in-fits” by the avenue of your own thoughts.
How are the patterns formed for our In-fit?
When you think, you are presenting the material to the mind. As you continue to think on it, you create a thought pattern. You are providing not only the material but now the pattern as well in which your “in-fit” will be created.
What are some examples of in-fits?
There are two kinds of in-fits: High Quality Name brand or Lower quality. The High-Quality Name Brand In-fits consist of: Kindness, gentleness, selflessness, forgiveness, love, self-control, peace, courage, joy, patience, success, disciplined, diligence, boldness, tenacity, consistency, love yourself and others, etc. The Low-Quality Brand In-fits are: Anger, sarcasm, bully, retaliation, rebellion, road rage, pet-peeves, bitterness, hate, self-pity, un-forgiveness, adultery, lust, addictions, depression, fear, anxiousness, worry, intimidation, giving up, failures, self-hate and such like. You choose which in-fit you will wear.
How are they fashioned and presented in our lives?
As you walk on the runway of life you present your clothing brand before an audience, those you encounter every day. What in-fits are you presenting? You may come to realize that some of the “in-fits” you have been wearing you may not like anymore. Especially when you understand, what is in your soul will come out in your life and become the very issues you face. It helps you become more aware of your need to change your in-fits.
There may be times that you have presented “In-fits” and you wonder where did that come from? That’s not like me? Why did I act this way? Why did I respond like that? Those came from your deep inner thoughts within your soul. Those in-fits that are deep in your soul have been placed there by words spoken over you by yourself or by others through life. It also could be that you have allowed thoughts to enter in by other means for example: television, radio, music, movies, gossip, books, etc. which sneaked the thought in your mind un-aware. Then as you thought on it you united with it and it became yours.
Be encouraged! You can clean out your Soul’s Closet
For in-fits that you no longer want to wear you can replace with a better in-fit. You can clean out your closet by going through the process of changing the way you think. Just start by starting. This isn’t an overnight clean up, it takes time to clean out your closet.
Whenever you recognize an in-fit that you no longer like wearing, you can cast that in-fit out of your soul’s closet. Change the way you think and change your in-fit. Give your mind something to work with that will produce better in-fits for you. Listen to good, positive, life sustaining teaching so that it helps you to change the way you think.
Whenever a situation comes and presents itself to you-you get to present yourself back. How you respond and what in-fit you put on will determine the outcome of that situation.
Realize that your soul’s closet is deep and there are in-fits in there that you have not worn in years and yet there are clothes in there that you may have worn more than you should have and now is the time to get rid of it.
How to keep your soul’s closet clean and organized.
How do you safe-guard yourself from creating wrong in-fits? It helps to know that what you give your attention too creates. The best way to take charge of your thoughts is to choose to pay attention to things that are notable, good, honest, true, lovely. Choose your thoughts well. Be on guard to not just think anything that comes to your head. Learn to respond instead of re-act and choose what you allow yourself to think on. Why? Because what you think on you will become. (Proverbs 23:7) You will produce it in your life.
You are your own designer of your in-fits. Give you clothing manufacturer, your mind, the needed material and proper patterns to make High Quality In-fits. Remember that your designs brand you.
When you go to your physical closet and put on your outfits be sure to think about what in-fits you will wear also. Examine your in-fits and ask yourself, is this in-fit a good, positive high-quality brand? If so then wear it with pride as you walk the runway of life.
©Jennifer DeLoach 07/07/2017