Denim....

Denim...

Rodeo days are everywhere this time of year....my town has one this next week...so denim, denim, denim is everywhere...not that it isn’t other times, but rodeos seem to really bring it on...it is a durable, enduring fabric...

Over the years we have added all shapes and sizes of denim, using it in all manner of fashion from tuxedos to boots to car seats and beyond...there are jeans to fit every shape, female and male as well as our canine friends...a truly versatile fabric...

A partial history from Wikipedia.org states...

“Denim has been used in the United States since the mid-19th century.Denim initially gained popularity in 1873 when Jacob W. Davis, a tailor from Nevada, manufactured the first pair of rivet-reinforced denim pants. At this time, clothes for Western labourers, such as teamsters, surveyors, and miners, were not very durable. His concept for making reinforced jeans was inspired when a female customer requested a pair of durable and strong pants for her husband to chop wood. When Davis was about to finish making the denim jeans, he saw some copper rivets lying on a table and used the rivets to fasten the pockets. Soon, the popularity of denim jeans began to spread rapidly, and Davis was overwhelmed with requests. He soon sold 200 pairs to workers in need of heavy work clothing. Nevertheless, because of the production capacity in his small shop, Davis was struggling to keep up with the demand. He then wrote a proposal to dry goods wholesaler Levi Strauss & Co.that had been supplying Davis with bolts of denim fabric. Davis's proposal was to patent the design of the rivet-reinforced denim pant, with Davis listed as inventor, in exchange for certain rights of manufacture. Levi Strauss & Co. was so impressed by the possibilities for profit in the manufacture of the garment that they then hired Davis to be in charge of the mass production in San Francisco.”

Denim reminds me of perseverance, endurance, hard work...although it has become to be a fashion statement or something that can relied upon...the basis for a wardrobe...something we can count on.....

We face trials or we will...and we can choose perseverance or not..endurance or not...but there is fruit through these trials...joy...hope...godliness...humbleness....

James wrote:

“Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.”

James 1:2-4

Peter spoke of perseverance as well...

“For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love.”

2 Peter 1:5-7

Paul charged Timothy:

“But you, man of God, flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness.”

1 Timothy 6:11 

Paul wrote to Colossian believers:

“For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives, so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and giving joyful thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of his holy people in the kingdom of light. For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.”

Colossians 1:9-14

Thank YOU...help me to be durable, persevere showing  that hope, that joy, that humble gentleness...that pursuit of God...