Lust

This post is a part 2 of the previous post Why Do You Dress Like That? This post is directed to both girls and to guys. The first section will be to girls and the second to guys. I will explain just what it is that lust really is. This will be a PG-13 post.

Girls, from all I have seen and experienced I can say one thing with full confidence, most of you do not know the meaning of lust form a guy's point of view. Because if you did, you would not wear many of the things you do.
Matthew 5:27-28 says,

"You have heard that it was said, 'Do not commit adultery.' But I tell you that anyone who looks at a women lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart."

But what does it mean to lust in his heart? Clearly not what you all think it means. I'm not a girl, so I don't have any idea what it means to lust after someone in a girl's mind, but it is not the same in a guy's. When a guy lusts after a girl, he mentally strips off her clothes, and imagines himself having sex with her. That is lust in a guy's mind. And when you dress in skimpy swim suits, belly shirts, mini skirts, and so on, you make it just that much easier to do it. The more we see of you, the less we have to imagine, and the harder it gets for us.
Yes, I did just say that you wearing less makes our lives harder. Because it is a Christian's goal to stop sinning, and the sin we have the hardest time with is Lust. If that does not make sense, remember, you all think on an emotional scale, while we guys think on a physical scale.
I myself have struggled and fought against this sin for years! I am still fighting, every single day! Because wherever I look it's there. School, public, TV and internet, and sadly even at church; you find women wearing near to nothing. You girls are not making it any easier for us guys to fight this sin! I'm not persecuting you right now, for it is not my place to do so. But I want you to realize that you are not helping us with this.
We hate the way this sin makes us feel with a passion! When we commit this sin, we feel like the lowest scum of the earth. Because when we have committed it we realize 2 things of what we just did. We realize that the person we just thought about like that was someone's daughter, probably someone's sibling, had a life of her own. And, that we just dissed God in a major way. When we think about those 2 things, we feel destroyed on the inside. We feel like crawling into a deep hole and dying there. We hate feeling that way, and that is why we fight it as hard as we can! And if you think there are people who do enjoy it, they don't! They just turn it into a major addiction by doing it non-stop to prolong that feeling. Or they use other addictions to hide it as well. But they all do it unsuccessfully.
When you all dress like you do, you make it that much harder to fight it off. And especially at church! The last thing we want is to be picturing our friends from church like that! If there is anything that I can say that will stress this point more it's this. When you dress like that, you are literally helping Satan! Because when you wear less, you make it easier to picture you in our heads, and harder to fight our sin. And if you make it harder to fight the sin, then you are helping cause it. Therefore, you help Satan spread his evil influence. So I ask you for myself, my friends from my church, and for all the guys of this world, dress modestly. Because this sin never goes away for guys. It haunts us from our teens till we're dead. It never goes away! It just gets easier to fight over time. So please help us fight it! Help us with destroying this sin in our lives!

Guys, now it's your turn. Stop looking! That is the best advice I could give you. Not all girls in the world are suddenly going to see this post or other things and dress better. So if you see a girl walk by who makes you feel that certain way, keep looking forward! Do not turn your head!
Remember, there is a difference between apreciating the beauty of God's creation, and having perverse thoughts of it. It's a fine line between the two, so try your hardest to stay away from the line. Don't even go near it! If you feel the urge coming, do whatever you can to take your mind off it. The best thing you can do is read your Bible and pray to God about it. You might have slip ups down the road, but you will get there! I still struggle with it now! But keep praying to God for strength to fight it, and He will grant it! Keep fighting the Lust as hard as you can! If there is something in your life that is making it that much harder to fight it, cut it out of your life. Matthew 5:29-30 says,

"If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell."

You should remember this from a couple posts ago. It means that if anything causes you to sin, remove it from your life. Fight as hard as you can! And remember that you are not the only one in the world who struggles with this sin, it just feels like you are. There are others, including myself, who deal with this sin. If your struggling, ask you pastor, the other guys from your church, you can even ask me. My e-mail is in a previous post. Just know that you are not the only one fighting this fight, and that there are many others who can help you with it. God gave you an army of help around you, you just have to ask for help!

I pray that my words did not offend, but brought awareness of the situation that plagues this world. So I ask: Girls, help us by dressing modestly, because that is all it takes to help us, a change of clothes. And guys, keep fighting as hard as you can and remember that you are not alone.

Thank You For Reading
Long Live Jesus Christ
Amen