Being Modest Through Christ.

Ladies, we live in a world, where many women, and sadly even younger girls, dress inappropriately, to school and in public, you may say "that's terrible, they should put some clothes on"

But do you ever ask yourself, do they know any better? have they ever been taught?
are they having emotional problems? do they dress like this for the attention they don't get normally?
we Tend to judge to quickly to actually see beyond the book cover, then ladies, their are the young girls and women alike, who know what they are wearing, don't care how they have been taught, and know better, the young girls, that are hiding emotional problems, and whether they dress like that for attention or not, it doesn't matter.


Ladies need to stand up, for a rightful cause, stand up to this so called "fashion" of tank tops and short skirts and shorts, cleavage baring blouses and "hip clothing" I don't care what's "in" or what's considered old fashioned, I dress not to say "I'm modest" but to tell myself, "I'm pleasing the Lord with all my heart" and ladies, by no means is that bragging,
I do it because I want to strive to be pleasing God, and I want to strive to let others see Christ in me.

after all, ladies, we should strive, but that's my opinion, I'm not throwing it at you.


Defenceless....
Sometimes we all feel that way, as if everyone is bullying at you, telling you that your going to (hades) if you wear pants, what can you say? how can you defend yourself? your Defenceless.

I believe in my opinion, that it is YOUR  conviction, on what you wear.
Yours alone, people can sometimes, dig it and stab it into you about the skirts and pants argument.
But the only one that can change your mind, is God.

Yes Ladies it's as simple as that, we can write these blogs, but it most likely will not change it, I myself, read a blog post about wearing pants, and I was convicted over that, which is why when I say, when Conviction gets you, your done.

Sister, if you are struggling, with the choice of what to wear, if you are caught between being cool or ugly, if your afraid people will look at you differently, please, take time to ask yourself this question, "is this what God wants?" or is it "what you and everyone else want." sometimes what seems good in our eyes, isn't really all that good, we are just too blind too see at the moment.

I pray that if you are having those struggles that God helps you, and gives you an answer to the questions and pleads you have been praying for or about. I pray he lays the right choice on your heart, and that it brings you closer to him, that when you walk down the street or through a store, that people see Christ in you.

I Love you all dearly. Thank you for reading.

In His Honor.
Katie.

Featured Modesty. and another post!

I could not help but make a post, about a blog that I have fell in love with, Bramblewood Fashion a band of 2 sisters, that make Modest Clothing, how wonderful,

You Don't see Modesty like this very often, all of her clothing seems to be Very Modest in what I have seen so far :-)

Thank you so much Ashley and Gabrielle for writing a lovely blog, I'm sure we will be doing an interview very soon. but as for now, Lets get to my post.




Girls of today, want to try to be Modest while still in style, I have no problem with that, except, that those two words should never be right next to each other, Modern Modesty, Putting today's clothing and calling it modest, and though in some cases it is Modest, you need to ask yourself the following.

• Am I pleasing the Lord with what I'm about to wear?
• Will I be drawing unneeded attention?
• Will people see Christ in me?
• Will this cause a Brother in Christ to Stumble?

Can You see your knees? No I'm serious Ladies, This is a problem many girls have, Modesty *appearance wise* is that we put Modern Fashion into Our Modesty views. Test out your wardrobe with a few questions.

• Can you see your knees or the back of your knees (back leg) while standing up or walking?
• when you sit down, do you have to fix your skirt and pull and tug on it so no one See's up your skirt or any of your legs?
• Can people see any bulges from your stomach, Backside, or thighs?
• Does your shirt cling and make curves, that cause unneeded attention?

These are all questions that need to be ask, sometimes we compromise our views and don't do what we need to do, the truth is, we need to stand up. fix our wardrobes and dress like a Christian striving for Gods own heart.


How can we spread the good news to a lost person, if we don't even look saved? sure, you might be able to win them, True Story: I'm sure this has happened to you.


You get our of the car/van start walking through the parking lot or on a sidewalk, someone is walking out, but what happens?


a Man, even a woman most of the time an older woman, open the door for you, why is that? because they respect you, and your dressed like a lady.


You can say what ever you want ladies, but it's an act of Respect. an old man with a cane that can barely walk, insists on opening the door for you to go ahead in the door first even though you were ahead.

we need to get back to that era, where women dressed like women, and girls dressed like girls. as you can see, what was said above has happened to many ladies, and happened more then a couple handful of times to me, and the ladies in my family.

when you look in the mirror.

• are you a closed vessel,
• are you saving yourself. for your future husband, or for your husband. saving yourself for your husbands eyes, that only he should see.
• Does your husband or father or brother agree with what you are wearing?

if you answered no to any of the above, you need to do something to make it a yes.
before you buy something, if you don't feel comfortable wearing it anywhere and everywhere, then don't buy it, sometimes, we as ladies should pray, if we should get a piece of clothing, though it seems funny, or rather silly, we really should, God will provide you with an answer, as my grandma always said, if it's meant to be, it will be there next time you come.


When it comes to Blouses, ones with buttons you should always buy a size bigger, why? because if you will regret it in the end if you don't imagine sitting there, and you having to sit carefully so you don't bulge or look as if your going to burst open, buy a size bigger,

Ladies, if you can get a trusted Christian friend or your mother, father, or husband to come along with you shopping, it makes it much easier, sometimes our eyes can deceive us in front of the mirror.
I hope that in some way I have helped you, along with something. :-)




Thank You for Reading

In His Honor.,
Katie

Did you know that God has 22,680 Attributes?

What words do you think of when you hear the word, "GOD".?

• Fear


• Destruction


• Anger


• Love


• Compassion


• Mercy


• Grace


• Salvation


• Father, Parent

To to name a few, although I never really thought about it. God is this infinite wisdom, He is the creator of all things, He is the giver of my life, He is the taker of Life, He is the Saviour that we oh so desperatley need, and yet, we want to call out, we want to cry out to Him, but what do we really know of Him.....Really?

To understand the Lords ways, to really grasp all He has to say to me, to you, to our families, friends, and all humanity; you have to really delve into His Word. We cannot fully understand Him unless we put in the time to really come to Him. When you want to learn something you go to school, when you want to learn about someone you ask them questions, when you love someone you put them first, when you................Its the same with getting to know the Lord.

You ask, "Whats this got to do with how I dress or How I do not dress, Hows this got anything to do with me wearing pants, skimpy revealing clothing, ect.?"

If you don't truly know and understand what, where, who, why and how God spoke then you will always want to rebel against what others "say" you are supposed to dress. God's word lays out the instructions for how we should live, dress, talk, walk everything. If we do not truly know, live, walk and talk it, what example are we really setting. What relationship do we truly have with the Lord? How are we being at walking in the Army of Christ? How are you looking when others look at you as an AMBASSODOR of the Lord?

Wow, thats really hard to chew, you mean I have to take responsibilty for all of that when I wake up and get dressed in the morning, that way to heavy!

Yes, that is exactly what I am saying! You are a DAUGHTER OF CHRIST! Do not ever forget it. You are iin the spotlight whether you want to be or not. How you do everything is in a constant scruitiny. How then do we live, walk, talk and carry ourselves in the real world when all eyes are constantly on us:

• judging us


• mocking us


• waiting for us to fail


• watching for us to compromise


• watching for us to do anything that they can label so as to discredit God

Oh my goodness, why, how, oh so overwhelming.....

God called us to walk in the ways of Him, He promised to hold us strong, He never once promised it was going to be easy.

God is there when your tears start to fall, when your lips quiver, when your cheeks begin to redden, when your chin starts to slip.....God places His wonderful hands and cups your chin, this way to ensure you keep it held High. He is there when your feet slip and you are sure to fall, He comes and He places a Heavenly stone to catch you and Keep you in His ways.

Sisters, Friends of Christ I stand here and shout

"Keep your eyes on the Lord, keep your heart overflowing with the Word and Promises of God, keep your mind sharp with the knowledges of the Lord, Keep your spirit open for Him only. Keep your Bible near to you on every level, when all seems to engulf you and drown you, Remember that the Lord will always keep you, the Lord will protect you, the Lord will never let you down, He only will lift you up. Even in the worst, He lifts and calls you home. The world can tear at the flesh, beat the flesh, hurt the flesh, but you have something that runs deeper and eternally, Get to know God today, and keep Him always and ALLOW Him to keep You always!"

1. I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live iin the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. Galatians 2:20 ATTRIBUTE=GOD LOVES THE SPIRITUAL CHRISTIAN


2. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not williing that any should persih, but that all should come to repentance. 2 Peter 3:9 ATTRIBUTE=GOD LOVES THE WORLD


3. Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; that he might sanctify and sleanse it with the washing of water by the word. That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. So ought me to love their wives as their own bodies. he that loveth his wife loveth himself. For no man ever yet hated his ownl flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church: for we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church. Ephesians 5:25 ATTRIBUTE= GOD LOVES THE CHURCH

The more we know of the living God, the Word of God the more we want, pursue, are convicted to walk, talk, be a likelyhood of Christ, then the things of this world will grow strangely dim. The wyles of the world will no longer be a strong hinderance, we will be able to be the example of the God fearing, God loving, God walking, God talking, Women that He Himself called us to be. God knew you before you were even concieved He has a plan for you, all and any trials and tribulations will lead you to know Him more, will lead you to the woman he created you to be! In the eye of the storm, Praise God, Count your blessing, remember that every horrible, horrid hateful thing that worlds ways can do, remember that it only drives you closer to God...So buckle up, here we go...............Bring it on!

I PRAY THAT YOU SEEK AND FIND HIM, THAT YOUR THIRST FOR GOD IS UNQUENCHED THAT IT IS ALWAYS THIRSTING SENDING YOU TO THE FATHER FOR ALL THAT YOU NEED. THAT YOU STAND STRAIGHT AND TALL IN THE LIGHT OF THE LORD, AND BECOME THE EXAMPLE OF A GODLY WOMAN THAT THE LORD CREATED YOU TO BE. MAY YOU BE A BLESSING TO OTHERS EACH AND EVERY DAY!

Thank you for reading,

With Him all is possible,

Stacey

The way women dress IS the business of men other than their husbands and fathers!

In the world we have very beautiful women; although on average most of these women dress in a provocative manner.

We all know the manner.....Skirts and shorts that provide the legs to be miles long and oh so close to a place that shant be mentioned, the shirts that might as well not be, the jeans that provide the perfect silloette of the hind parts and the front parts....Why do they dress this way?

Well, you ask them and they usually say, "It's my body and I have It I am going to flaunt it!"
Well, these are the same women who put more wiggle in the behind whilst walking past men, whom swoon over the attractive sexual attention ect. These are the same women whilst talking with others; will say they want equality with men, they hate the cat calls and the whistles, they hate the men whom look at pornography, they infact detest it.......WHAT IS IT THEY THINK THEY ARE DOING THAT IS SO MUCH BETTER?

When put into context what are other men thinking/secretly lusting about your wife, daughter, sister, mother, aunt, cousin and other women in your life?

What are we enabling those men to think or lust after....... Let's do a check...

1. How's you shape of your body today?
2. Is your clothing accentuating your figure?
3. Is your clothing causing men to draw attention to a particular body part?
4. For examples: tight pants, skirts, shirts, sweaters, shorts, bathing suits, tight or clining dresses? (For the Record I believe only in Skirts and Dresses but I have put in pants and shorts for those whom are not yet convicted in this area!)

"For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies..." ~Matthew 15:19~

"But I say unto you, That whosever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath commited adultery with her already in his heart." ~Matthew 5:28~

I believe how "we" as Godly women should care what other men are thinking about what I wear...I do not want men to look at me and lust at any part of my body, I want my husband to be the only one whom looks to me with love, intimacy and longing, and only to be shared between husband and wife in the privacy of their bedrooms.

"Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers. Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man." ~Isaiah 47:2-3~

I do not want to be part of the Unisex aspect of modern fashions I want to be a God Fearing Woman!

"Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of paiting the hair, and of wearing gold, or of putting on of apparel; But let it be the Hidden man of the heart, in that which is in the sight of God of great price. For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being subjection unto their own husbands."~1 Peter 3:3-5~

I want to be a women of a meek and quiet spirit, I want to be a woman whom does not wear immodest attire, A woman whom goes out of the way in order to avoid even the appearance of evil.

"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. Abstain from all appearance of evil."

~ 1 Thessalonians 5:21-22~

I want to be a woman whom does not want to offend anyone or cause others to stumble or fall.

"But take heed lest by any means this liberty yours become a stumbling block to them that are weak...Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend." ~1 Corinthians 8:9, 13~

My dear sister in Christ how are other men seeing you today? A woman's attitude toward these things reveals her spiritual condition. How's yours today?

Thank you for reading,

With Him all things are possible,

Stacey

I got the Idea for this post from an article written by David W. Cloud titled "Are men lusting after your wife or daughter?" and I wrote this post from my own personal opinion.

What would your clothing say about you..to a perfect stranger...?

Have you ever wondered.....What do other people upon first glance, perceive of me?





I do! I wonder:

• do you see a wife


• do you see a mother


• do you see a teacher


• do you see a friend


• do you see kindness


• do you see caring


• do you see loving


• do you see appreciative


• do you see hard working


• do you see God fearing


• do you see a Godly woman

I beseech you therefor, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, aceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. ~Romans 12:1-2~

Remember the World only see's your outsides, it is not until a person wants to get to know you that they see any of the attributes mentioned above, except to know if you walk in Gods pathway or not!

But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof. ~Romans 13:14~

So what do others see in you? I want my clothing to emit the Glory of God, which means modesty in everything I do, my clothing, my make up, my jewelery and yes, even my shoes.

I do not, want not, (knowing or unknowinly) cause others to stumble or fall because of my attire. When I get dressed I am putting on the Armour of God, when I walk in society I am wearing the Armour of God, when I am setting the example for my children I am wearing the Armour of God, I want everyone to look unto myself, my husband, my daughters, and my sons and say Wow, they walk in the Light, the Light of Christ....

What is the Armour of God?

The helmet of Salvation

The breastplate of Righteousness

The belt of Truth

The shoes of the Gospel

The sword of God's Word

The shield of Faith

Now if you dress to illuminate the Armour of God, led by example and commanded by the infaillable Word of God, then you are able to say when others look to me they look at the Glory of God's Daughters. Join me in being pleased and honoured to be counted as a Daughter of Christ!

May you be blessed with wisdom, strength and courage to dress in Modesty and to dress in Not clothes of a Man!

Thank you for reading,

With Him all is possible,

stacey