I am a woman - but I am not only a woman. I am a lady.
I am a human - but I am not only a living vessel. I am the temple of the Living God.
And yes, He is in there right now.
God created us for this purpose alone, to be his temple, and to be a vessel of continual praise.
Hmmm? Think about it...The King of the entire universe....The most beautiful being in the heavens...He lives outside of time, outside of emotion, outside of form.
Now if that same person wanted to create something bound by millions of things He is not...don't you think he would make it beautiful and perfect on its own, needing no embellishments?
I am a woman, therefore, I have specific guidlines in which to portray myself (assuming the standards of holiness of course)
I do not wear jewelry. I do not wear make up. I do not wear immodest clothing. I do not carry myself in a loose way, nor do I act upon loose pretenses.
I do not do these things because I was told to, or it is a rule I must follow.
I do these things because they are foolish, and are outward signs of insecurity.
Women, and girls, ask yourself some questions?
1) Why do I wear make up?
2) Why do I wear jewelry?
3) Why do I dress immodestly?
4) Why do I act like trash!? (yes, I said it)
1) From personal experience and alot of observation, I have concluded that women wear make up because of a couple things:
- you think it makes you look better
- you want to match a certain stereotype, or be different
- you want to accentuate your own features
the common denominator is.....(drum roll please...)
YOU DO NOT THINK YOU ARE GOOD ENOUGH WITHOUT IT!
whether it be a conscious thought or not - that's why!
2) The answer to this question is the same as #1. I can say that many a time while at the mall, I do see jewelry and think it would be nice to wear it because it is simply pretty, or interesting, BUT I do not need it.
- Did you know that before Satan was cast down into hell, he was an angel adorned with many jewels, and precious stones? He was an angel meant to reflect the Glory of God, but his pride of being so beautiful got to be too much. God cast him down when Satan no longer wanted to reflect God's glory, but thought he was beautiful enough to be better than God.
- Because of this, jewelry is seen to be a symbol of that pride (atleast how I think of it)
- The swastika never used to be bad, until it was used in relation to Hitler and the slaughtering of Jews.....would you wear a swastika? No, of course not! So why wear something that is a symbol of Lucifer's pride?
3) Oooh Boy! This is going to hit some resistance on this one. Why do girls dress immodestly?
(BTW- I would just like to say that I am not just spewing ignorance and making assumptions about why people do these things. I have had my hard times and gone through allll of these things, and have come through. I have friends that have had the same struggle. So I know. Okay- pressing forward.)
Girls dress immodestly because they want to attract attention. Now, sometimes if you have grown up out of church, the word immodest has a different definition. Even in church, modesty is a very subjective term. I personally wouldn't wear short shorts, or tank tops, but I do understand that people in the world would simply wear those because it is hot, NOT with the mindset of which I am going to explain. That is a different speech!
ANYWAY- many times, girls dress immodestly because they want to attract attention to themselves. Show off their body. Usually (and hopefully atleast) to the opposite sex. What most girls don't realize is that they don't need to do this to attract the RIGHT guys!
- You may be able to have short- term affection with the guy that responds to your immodesty. BUT the man that will love you forever and marry you, will be the one who thinks your beautiful with a burlap sack on, and most of the time, WONT want you to be immodest. I could go on FOREVER with this but thats the basic gist.
4) This answer follows the same guidlines as #3, but there is another aspect present here. Usually the immodest dressing and acting 'trashy' happen synonymously. This is, in my opinion, the saddest answer. Girls do this because they think they are not attractive enough as who they are to get attention and love. A confident woman who KNOWS she is beautiful in her own skin, will NEVER be seen dressing immodestly (according to their personal definition of immodest) and will never lower their standards of action to attract attention.
I think girls should be confident in themselves, and have the "If they don't like me for who I am, they aren't the kind of people I want in my life" attitude. I am NOT saying be a man-hater because no one likes that, but be confident enough to know your own standards for men, and friends.
If a boyfriend, or a friend is trying to pressure you into doing something, and keep pushing after you make your decision - they are not good friends.
The kind of people you need in your life are people that respect your beliefs and don't try to push things on you!
Your decision to do something out of free will is MUCH more profound than your decision based on fear, or force.
Bottom line - Women need to be natural and themselves, the way God made you! He did not make a mistake!! You are so beautiful to him, and I guarantee men will think the natural lady-like women are more beautiful than the opposite. (I am not talking about the pigs who just want physical affection because obviously they will not think that- but who needs to listen to them anyway?)
We are a temple for God! Keep that temple pure and holy, and spirit filled. Keep it clean so God has room to abide!
We serve a jealous God! He will not inhabit a cluttered temple!
He is big, and needs alot of room - ALL the room you can possibly offer needs to be available for HIM!!
Think about it ;]
Modest really IS hottest!!!
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