Insights

The cyclical nature of fashion is always fascinating. As a child of the 90’s and early 00’s, it’s equal parts terrifying and hilarious, but definitely fascinating. Big, baggy jeans? Sure, why not? Neon everything? Bring it on! Doc Martens sandals, studded belts, and other things that populated the halls of my middle school? They’re back! And if my timeline is accurate, frosted tips and popped collars are coming. Brace yourselves. But that’s the nature of fads: they pop up, burn way too brightly, and then fade away. They’re ephemeral, inconsistent, and not really founded on anything solid or stable.

When we base our actions and thoughts on something that shifts, we inevitably spend more time uncertain about our identity and stressed out about keeping up with the trends than we spend actually enjoying those trends. It’s the reason dieting fads pop up and flame out, why music has one-hit wonders, and why no one can tell you what the number 1 movie was a year ago without Googling it. (I won’t ruin the surprise for you, but after looking it up myself, I forgot the movie even existed.)

If we base our happiness, our contentment, and our peace on these things, it’s no wonder we spend our time unhappy, discontent, and lacking peace. This is why the prophet Isaiah tells us in Isaiah 26:3-4 that “You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is an everlasting rock.” God is a rock–He never shifts, never changes, never wavers. When we seek Him and keep our minds on Him, we find a source of stability that no fad or trend will ever deliver.

As we head into November and the holiday season, there will inevitably be a riot of emotions and experiences for all of us. My hope and prayer is that we are all able to find the peace that comes from trusting in God and use that to center ourselves, come what may. The Lord God is an everlasting rock…1 Samuel 2:2 tells us “There is none holy like the Lord: for there is none besides you; there is no rock like our God.” May we all have peace knowing there is none like our God and that He is our stronghold!

Dr. Jason Henderson
Secondary Education Principal
Logos Preparatory Academy