Don't believe the lie!!!!
Last week I was having a really intense passionate conversation with a friend about modesty. It's summer over here obviously and she was saying that it's really hard finding the line between dressing cool temperature wise, and not being revealing. I couldn't help but take notice of every girls outfit at church that evening because of it, I was trying not to be judgy judgy cause I'm not God but as I saw more girls it got me irritated. It's not that it was anything personal towards them, but more so when I think about it it was an anger aimed at the enemy. As you all know I was no angel when I was younger, I sought my value from the opinions of people especially guys so I dressed accordingly. Most of my wardrobe consisted of low cut tops with tight bottoms and if I was going out it was a short dress with a revealing top. I dressed in order to get the most attention that I could, I just did not value what God had gifted me with. Fast forward 6 years on and it's still a journey I now value my body the way God intended for me to (still learning in terms of my eating and exercising) I just got my own revelation of the importance of modesty and honoring God in my appearance a few months back if I'm being entirely honest. Prior to this I was still dressing quite revealing in terms of how tight my clothes were and my dresses were short. It's not that I wasn't thinking about why I was doing it I was still dying to my old ways obviously as I was dressing to impress a guy like I use to before I knew God. It wasn't until God intervened through closing a door and waking me up to who I was still being. On the inside I knew that I was loved and pursued by God everyday but it just was connecting with me on the outside. I would still pursue a guy to get his attention.
Cutting to the chase, after allowing God to show me the wrong in my ways I've really learned that modesty is soooo important as a Christian woman, living it out is the difficult part. We are bombarded daily with stuff that tells us that dressing scantily & seduction is the way to hook a guy or girl. We get taught that if we don't dress in a certain manner the guy we like won't reciprocate our feelings for us, we basically get taught that if we're not dressing on the outside like what they show us on TV or Instagram then we are worthy of noone's attention. At the end of the day it's ALL A LIE!! A massive lie concocted by the Enemy to get us devaluing ourselves because when this happens we feel less worthy of Christ's love for us. But I'm here to say that don't buy into his lie because for way too many years I did, and it just made me dress like some would refer to as a whore (real talk) which led me to me giving away what God intends for me to only give to my husband to anyone that would have it that in turn left me wounded. I thank God for where I am now He continues to show me and wake me up to what He intended me to be when I was just a baby in my mums womb. I no longer see myself through my own eyes but through His, an imperfect piece of art that He's crafting daily He's removing all the dirt from me and making me more like Him who I was meant to be & I thank God for every mistake that He's turned and continues to turn into good. If it weren't for all of them I don't think I would be as passionate as I am to see girls not make the same mistakes as I did.
Which brings me to the point of this entry (you know I love beating around the bush haha) modesty at the start of this entry I harped on at how mad I got last Sunday looking at the way the girls were dressed. However I think what makes me more mad is that these girls are from church, there's no real difference to the way I see girls dress in church to girls that aren't christian? It makes me sad really, obviously I would hope that the way they dress is only due to their age and that they eventually grow out of it however I encourage girls and women worldwide to get educated on how to honor God with our bodies. Modesty and purity are not discussed wide enough to promote it and how to live modelling it and I think by talking about it we can change this. So I'm going to continue to have conversations with other girls and women that provoke challenge to ourselves and the way we present Christ, and don't get me wrong this is not me at any shape, way or form promoting a set of rules that we dress according to. It's me encouraging other females to seek God to find out how He sees us quit getting your value from that instagram feed or magazine. Find Him and as you find Him you'll see yourself the way God intended you to Beautiful, Loved, Valued and Free!
#dontbelievethelie #modestynotwhatyouthink #honorGodhonoryou #youaremorethenwhatyouwear
Cutting to the chase, after allowing God to show me the wrong in my ways I've really learned that modesty is soooo important as a Christian woman, living it out is the difficult part. We are bombarded daily with stuff that tells us that dressing scantily & seduction is the way to hook a guy or girl. We get taught that if we don't dress in a certain manner the guy we like won't reciprocate our feelings for us, we basically get taught that if we're not dressing on the outside like what they show us on TV or Instagram then we are worthy of noone's attention. At the end of the day it's ALL A LIE!! A massive lie concocted by the Enemy to get us devaluing ourselves because when this happens we feel less worthy of Christ's love for us. But I'm here to say that don't buy into his lie because for way too many years I did, and it just made me dress like some would refer to as a whore (real talk) which led me to me giving away what God intends for me to only give to my husband to anyone that would have it that in turn left me wounded. I thank God for where I am now He continues to show me and wake me up to what He intended me to be when I was just a baby in my mums womb. I no longer see myself through my own eyes but through His, an imperfect piece of art that He's crafting daily He's removing all the dirt from me and making me more like Him who I was meant to be & I thank God for every mistake that He's turned and continues to turn into good. If it weren't for all of them I don't think I would be as passionate as I am to see girls not make the same mistakes as I did.
Which brings me to the point of this entry (you know I love beating around the bush haha) modesty at the start of this entry I harped on at how mad I got last Sunday looking at the way the girls were dressed. However I think what makes me more mad is that these girls are from church, there's no real difference to the way I see girls dress in church to girls that aren't christian? It makes me sad really, obviously I would hope that the way they dress is only due to their age and that they eventually grow out of it however I encourage girls and women worldwide to get educated on how to honor God with our bodies. Modesty and purity are not discussed wide enough to promote it and how to live modelling it and I think by talking about it we can change this. So I'm going to continue to have conversations with other girls and women that provoke challenge to ourselves and the way we present Christ, and don't get me wrong this is not me at any shape, way or form promoting a set of rules that we dress according to. It's me encouraging other females to seek God to find out how He sees us quit getting your value from that instagram feed or magazine. Find Him and as you find Him you'll see yourself the way God intended you to Beautiful, Loved, Valued and Free!
#dontbelievethelie #modestynotwhatyouthink #honorGodhonoryou #youaremorethenwhatyouwear
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