Touchy subject

Before you turn me off...this is not a post about skirts vs pants or splits in skirts or open toed shoes.  There is already enough of that .  Let's look at what is on the inside. 

Where does modesty come from?  Can it be set forth in a handbook?  Will wearing enough fabric and layers of clothing make you a modest woman?  Not hardly.  I have seen women dressed to meet all the "rules" who were were sensual in their attitude and behavior.  Why do females feel the need to dress like trash and throw themselves at the male gender?  There is something inside them that is longing for validation that only God can give.  Having healthy male realtionships at home and church will help, too.

If you are dressed in such a way that a person's eyes are drawn away from your face and eyes, maybe you should ponder why you want to dress that way.  How are you ever going to talk to someone about Jesus if they are focused on your body?  I'm not for building un-necessary fences and writing more rules.  I am for an attitude of modesty that will manifest itself in the way we dress.  

The quote below was shared by a good friend of mine, Evangeline.  Click on the first word to see the full text of a very informative article from a Jewish perspective on modesty.

"Tzniut means deeply knowing who you are. It's an internal self-definition that frees you from any need to flaunt yourself physically," Manolson explains. "Women who possess tzniut have their physical privacy protected; they are simply not on display for ogling or judgment by the public's critical eye. The beauty industry feeds off women's insecurities, so the biggest enemy to that industry is a woman who has a healthy soul image and who carries herself with modesty."

Last, a quote Elise shared with me from Max Lucado: 

A woman's heart should be so hidden in God 

that a man has to seek Him just to find her.