I am an onion!

I feel like Shrek at the moment. The whole analogy of peeling away the layers of an onion is great. I think that as we grow, we shed layers of ourselves that are no longer useful. I have heard many people say that when you get old, I mean older than 70 that you don't have the same worries and concerns that younger people have. Maybe this is because over the course of their lives, they gradually shed their onion layers. I know in terms of following Jesus, there is a lot to be said about shedding our skins. About losing our lives to find it and about putting on the "new" self and shedding the "old" self.

I think one of the key elements to this truth is that when we shed our old skins, we need to make sure we are putting on the new skin. It's not enough to simply throw away all our clothes without replacing them. This works on a few levels. If we decide to go completely fair trade, then we need to rearrange our whole wardrobe to coincide with our belief system. This might not happen straight away. It might take stages, possibly starting with pants and shirts, then moving to underwear, then to shoes etc. I guess the same is true with putting on the new self. Maybe it takes a process of slowly and gradually re-arranging our spiritual, emotional and intellectual wardrobes, so we are not left naked and cold, but clothed well for the season we are in.

Maybe..... just a thought.

Till I find my poncho...