9 I also want women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes, 10 but with good deeds, appropriate for women who profess to worship God.. (NIV)
I have read this scripture before but this time reading it led me on a search to find out what modest, decent aand proper clothing for a christian woman would be and what the bible says in general about how I should look.
Other Scriptures that I found include: 1 Pet. 3:3-4
3 Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes. 4 Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight. (NIV)
Pro. 31:22 b
...she is clothed in fine linen and purple.
Soooo....for most of my life I have dressed in a way that may be described as modest, unfortunately this style of dress wasn't based on the fact that I wanted to please God. My aesthetic is just generally geared towards simplicity and modesty.
However during the past few months ( When I've been going through a couple of things involving relationships with the opposite sex) jeans have been becoming tighter ( Wayyyy tight in some cases) , hemlines are being raised and make-up is perhaps being over applied.
In my previous church modesty was preached extensively and I always thought that I was on the safe side of things and never took a chance to honetly examine myself. After this search and going through videos on youtube and articles , I think I have more of an understanding of why I should be modestly dressed and as such can look at myself objectively. My clothes are not always reflective of the fact that I am a christian.
I plan to change this in every area of my life; this includes the beach, swimming pools, the gym, school , church and especially work.
Words that I wish to portray in my new style of dressing are; simplicity, modesty , discretion , beauty and frugality. The idea is that my clothes frame my face but not frame my body and leave it up to inspection. I got this dose of wisdom from one of Paul Washer's videos on biblical womanhood.
From my study and the counsel of others I do not believe that dressing modestly would exclude me from wearing pants, make-up or earrings, instead I believe that I should strive to dress in such a way so as to not bring attention to my body and promote sensuality.
Soooo I know this is a long post about somewhat of a controversial subject but I am convicted to do this, right now I am sitting in one of my old pair of jeans (Which is too tight) and a t-shirt, I have not yet begun this 'adventure' but I plan to. I am not sure of my motivations right now , I am not even sure of how I'll go about basically revamping my entire wardrobe but I will learn and it will happen.
I'll upload outfits once in a while just to maybe show myself that I can be modest, decent and discrete whilst still being stylish.
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