What does a Christian look like?

I went to a small Bible college for one semester. It was an interesting experience. The school had a lot of very specific rules, some seemingly arbitrary  One such rule was pertaining to students' appearance. For the boys their hair could only be a certain length, no facial hair was allowed, nor shorts in the classroom, no piercings of any kind and of course no tattoos.

The school said this was so that student's would portray a positive image in the community while the students retorted that even Jesus had long hair and a beard. Of course the school's idea of  what a good well-respected Christian looked like was based on the worldview that the faculty and staff held. This was the same worldview as my dad who still wears a suit and tie to church every Sunday. But these students were largely from churches where to congregation (and sometimes pastors) came dressed in t-shirts, jeans, and sandals, with long hair, goatees, and tattoos and piercings galore.

Of course both of these groups can be just as committed to God, they can each served and worship Him as fully and as actively as each other. And they can both be as lukewarm and self-serving, they can both be just as lost and wandering as the other.

So there is no Christian dress code. No uniform or style. But I can tell you what a true Christian really looks like.

Their eyes look like God's. Seeing the heavenly, not the earthly

Their mouths will speak only love.

Their hands will be worn from toiling at God's work.

Their arms will be open and welcoming others with love.

Their feet will be dirty from walking the path with their brothers and sisters.

What does a Christian look like to you?

How do you look?