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• Just recently, despite my attempts to conceal the issue, my wife spotted a small tear on my suit coat. It happened to be my favorite suit coat. I can recall exactly when and how the split occurred. I kept that information away from my wife as long as I possibly could; now I had to pay the piper.
• Early Monday morning we were off to the men's store to purchase another suit. The whole way there, I was thinking of all the other things I could be doing at this time. Being the gracious and humble husband I am, I yielded to the prompting of my wife and we were off to the men's store.
• As soon as we walked in, we were greeted by a young man to which my wife said, "We're here to buy a suit."
• I figured I better step in before the conversation got out of control. "We're looking for a grey suit."
• "I understand," said the young man as he thoughtfully pulled at his chin looking down the long row of suits. "And what color grey are you looking for?"
• "Say what," I said.
• "What color grey are you looking for?" He repeated.
• As far as I was concerned, grey was grey and that was the color I was looking for. Nonetheless, I was in for a surprise.
• "We have a variety of grey suits. There is a charcoal grey. Light grey. Dark grey." He went on and on about the variety of grey colors in his shop. If I heard correctly, according to him, there were at least 50 shades of grey.
• Believe me, there was not anything romantic about that!
• All I wanted was a grey suit. To me, grey is grey is grey. I do not want my suit to be a fashion statement. In fact, I want my suit to be silent and say nothing at all.
• We walked out of the men's store with a new suit and my wife had a wonderful smile on her face. I on the other hand, had a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach realizing just how much this grey suit cost me.
• I have a new appreciation for what the apostle Paul said. "That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man" (Ephesians 3:16 KJV).
• It is not the outside that really matters, but the inside of a man.
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• Rev. James L. Snyder is pastor of the Family of God Fellowship, PO Box 831313, Ocala, FL 34483. He lives with his wife, Martha, in Silver Springs Shores. Call him at 1-866-552-2543 or e-mail jamessnyder2@att.net. His web site is www.jamessnyderministries.com.
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