what in the fried bologna does that mean?
don't show your boobs too much?
i think not.
i read this book recently by a crazy uber-conservative couple (don't get me wrong, i am just that) and learned a little something about modesty.
it was the best chapter in the book. they told about how being modest was not just about how we dress or in other aesthetics. we've all heard that verse: "...that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array...(1 Timothy 2:9.)
how may of us have actually studied that, girls?
okay, so we know not to hang it all out there. i'll let you use your own imagination as to the many reasons why. but, what about this shamefacedness and sobriety (sounds like) nonsense?
it's not.
it means we're not supposed to be silly, amused (finition: happy but mindless time-wasting,) or out to get attention. i have a silly personality, but i am not a silly girl. there's a difference, dear friends. be serious when you should be. your entire demeanor can be goofy, respectful, pleasant, and, well, modest, all at the same time. don't think GOD wants you to lose your peppy personality, because HE doesn't. HE just wants you to think of holier, more righteous things than yourself. how can we do that if we are constantly harboring the deadly disease of inane entertainment in our daily lives? and let's not forget the importance of how we dress.
quick tip: buy your pants a size too large. this will make you look thinner, like you've lost weight, and be much less form fitting. as a fashion designer, this is my trick to looking thin. also, add a neck scarf to that too-low top. so chic and GOD-pleasing!
to be perfectly blunt, any time we get all dressed up and think "well golly, i look cute" and hope everyone else thinks it too, we're being immodest. if we want the boy or snotty girl in the pew behind us on Sunday morning to look at us and see how adorable or funny or talented we are, we are being immodest. we can do this even if we aren't dressing like a sleeze-bucket.
who's friend would you rather be? a girl (or guy) who's spends their time on the interests of others or the friend of someone who just wants to be noticed?
i had never thought about it like that. now i'm definitely making sure i am the former.
what other modesty tips and tricks do you have, behavior or fashion wise?
I Love what you had to say. Can't ever go wrong with the lord. As far as the fashion goes, I always say U make the cloths, don't let the cloths make U. Any type of tricks to appear a certain way is immodest. If you want to look thin, pray for the motivation to get in the gym and loose the weight, give your temple the respect it deserves.
ReplyDeletethanks for the input! :)
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