I ONLY HAD ONE DRESS

 It’s not that I’m fashion crazy, oh no! It’s simply because I never had much of anything to begin with. 

Like I’ve mentioned to you before, I grew up stricken by poverty…I didn’t have any shoes for many years, and to add to that dilemma, I only had one little white dress.

My mother would wash my one little dress every Saturday for Sunday school. I wore it with such pride and self-confidence. It had frills and buttons in the back. I had no ribbons to match, no clips, only a few bubbles with the elastic all stretched out. But oh boy, I loved my one little white dress.

One Sunday morning I went to Sunday school and little Ms rich Josey with her comrades of gossip girls, laughed, giggled and whispered about my ‘one’ worn out dress. She said, “Every Sunday I wore the same dress to church!!” I was very appalled though only seven years old. Hearing her discriminate against me hurt my little heart. The tears welled up in my heart and came running down my face the moment I got home and reiterate my story to my mama. Mama encouraged my heart like she knew something I didn’t. She said, “Sophia, one day massa God is going to bless you, you won’t have back to wear all your clothes.” (This means that God will bless me so much, I won’t be able to wear it all.) To me, it sounded like a hopeful verse right from the book of Psalms. However, I pounded hers words in my heart. 

Sadly, it never occurred to me that I only had ‘one dress’for church until Josey pointed it out to me. I became so conscious after that to the point where I went to God and asked for another dress. He promise to be a father to me and I needed it! This might seems fortuitous to you but it was God who orchestrated the whole thing. One of my Sunday School teachers, Sis Regent, had returned from visiting the UK. Shortly after my ‘one dress’ encounter drama she had asked me to come see her. I went to see her thinking she had something for just my mama, but come to find out she had brought me this beautiful little red plaid dress. I did not sleep that night and man did I weep like Jesus! I was so happy for the change. I felt rich. A present from God. Sis Regent told me that the Lord had impressed on her heart to buy me the dress while there in England. She brought just the right size. The following Sunday I walked in my Sunday school class with a brand new dress. It was the first for me since my little white dress was a hand-me-down from my sister Shelly lol. 

The saying is true. Little is much when God is in it! I was so happy to just go to Sunday school that I didn’t realize I only had one dress. It really wasn’t a big deal. I was so poor, that having just one good dress was such a big blessing to me. Be grateful for the little things this season and have grateful heart. Don’t  forget where God has brought you from.

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