A New Hat

I am not much of a hat person, but if I wear one it will be a 

ball cap or a Cowboy hat.  I have always wanted a nice 

Stetson,the last one I had was eaten by my favorite dog!  

Which is another long story.

I was in a western store in Breckinridge, and they had some

really nice Stetson hats.  They were not all black, white or 

bone as they call it.

The color of the hats is important to be because, I do not 

want black because no man is so evil, he is beyond God’s redemption. Not white because no man is without sin. These 

hats were a nice brown made out of Buffalo hair. 

Reminding me all of us have strayed from god’s way but 

have been redeemed by Jesus. 

  Went to pick up one to try it on, and immediately felt eyes

burrowing through the back of my head.  With a clearing of

the throat I hear; “Sir, may I help you!”  She then informs me 

I am stacking, the hats all wrong;  the smallest one on the 

bottom and biggest on top.  I wanted to shout you startled 

me so, you’re lucky I just didn't drop them and walk on them!  

So I left her to her nice hat and a snooty attitude.

I like a ball cap, because it reminds me of when I helped my

grandfather cut hay and the diary I worked at.  The Cowboy 

hat is what most of my relatives wore.  So I see a cowboy hat, 

I think of Grandpa Cowboy and Uncle Erv. Most all it reminds

me of the western heroes in all the westerns I grew up 

watching and play acting.

Hat’s often identify our values and treasures.  A State trooper is

often known by his “Smoky the Bear hat.”  A construction 

worker has a hard hat!  A chef by his “Toque hat.”  Today, 

your hat will more likely have your favorite teams’ logo 

emblazoned on it.

  I have yet to find a hat that identifies those who are true 

disciples.  Maybe you could make one in the shape of a cross. 

Maybe it would be made out of really itchy wool and you could 

do penance for wearing it so long.

The reality is no hat can measure our maturity in Christ. When 

you are mature in Christ you slowly grow into a reality where 

your words match your deeds!  In fact Jesus taught the 

highest compliment for any disciples is that they become 

like their master.It is enough for students to be like their 

teachers,and servants like their masters.  Matthew 10:25

We all need a new hat in 2013, a hat that helps us grow into 

the masters likeness.  A hat that makes the statement: When 

they saw the courage of Peter and John and realized 

that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished and they took note that these men had been 

with Jesus. Acts 4:13  We will possess this hat if we 1. Spend Time in the Words of Jesus.  The more we 

read what Jesus did the more likely we begin to act like Jesus.  2.Seek Jesus in Prayer.  What we do shapes who we are. Cowboy hats came about, because of a cowboys’ work, not a fashion statement.  3. Spend time with those who love Jesus. 

 Scary thought for those married for decades, but we tend to 

look like those we spend time with.  If you wish to wear a hat 

that says I have been with Jesus, then spend time with other

Jesus followers.

Be God’s 

Roger Miller