Ok, as you probably saw in the title of the post, I'm talking about how teenagers, and people who think they're teenagers, dress in immoral ways. I have seen it everywhere. The mall (of course), the store, the beach, schools (my Christian school included), even my own church. Mainly in the summer. Now before anyone has cow I'm talking about both girls and guys. God wants us all to dress modestly in a way that does not cause immoral thoughts. In fact, 1Timothy 2:8-10 says:
I want men everywhere to lift up holy hands in prayer, without anger or disputing. I also want women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes, but with good deeds, appropriate for women who profess to worship God.
Ok ok, I know, He said women should dress appropriately, but it's kinda hard to lift your hands up in holy prayer if your pants fall down at the same time! Now guys and girls think nothing of dressing in the way I'm talking about. You know it. But you guys and girls should think about it. For not only Christians, but all teens that want to resist temptation it gets really hard when (for girls) a guy dresses in baggy pants that show their underwear, or (for guys) a girl dresses in a mini skirt and a shirt showing her mid drift(for illiterate people, it means their stomach). It produces "thoughts" when a girl or a guy sees those things. Dressing in a way that causes those "thoughts" is clearly not one of the good deeds God was speaking of.
Ok, now I understand that some people want to put those "thoughts" in the other person's head. But did you ever think that they might not want those "thoughts" in their head? My judge from how people dress, is a big fat NO!!! I for one am one of those people, and I know a lot of others who are too.
For people who do dress to impress others, and to impress themselves, I have to say that those are pointless reasons to dress that way. Why? Because there is already a God who will always love you. No matter how you dress or what you do. If you do something shameful and wrong I promise, and so does He, that He will forgive you for whatever you did. If you have a different religion, or no religion at all, I want to say that you probably have friends, parents, siblings, a husband, a wife, children, family of some sort, someone that cares about you in this world and doesn't care about how you look or care about what you do and will always care about you. So then, I leave you with this question:
Why do you dress like that if someone
already loves you and doesn't care?
Thank you for reading.
already loves you and doesn't care?
Thank you for reading.
2 comments:
You are so totally right!!!It is really hard to concentrate on God when people dress inappropriately .It is much more important to have a relationship with God than to have one with guys or girls. It is better to not look at people’s appearances but to look inside their hearts. I’m not trying to say that we should put horse blinders on and block everyone out, but to remember how much God loves us and cares for us and how we dress. By dressing inappropriately it is not exactly a call for help but is a call for the opposite direction. We can have relationships with guys or girls but we need to make sure that it doesn’t take us away from God or change us. I think your blogs are awesome and I can’t wait to read more!!!
Thanx. It'll be a little while b4 the next post is. Lije 1 or 2 weeks.
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