"What a relief that would give us men." This surprisingly quick and candid response came from a friend as I shared with him about my blog. He smiled sheepishly as he went on to express the problem he has in simply signing in at work. His sign-in sheet is at a desk where, as he bends over to write, there sits across from him a young woman who in his words is continually "falling out of her clothes." I know him to be a very sincere Christian man. But as he talked it was easy to understand that Christ-centered thoughts were difficult to maintain at such moments. And this was a continuous problem because of the immodesty of all the women he encounters each day.
Let's face it. Everywhere you look you see skin. A Hollywood or TV star or some singer needs only appear in some latest nothingness one time and before you know it everywhere you look - even in church pews you see the same thing being copied. Fashion designers seem fixed on the idea that less is more. And it is. It is more money in their pockets as everyone blindly follows along with the nudity flaunting pied piper's trends.
As an observant blogger writes, "to speak of modesty or standards of modesty today is to risk branding oneself as naive, impractical, out-of-date, and a prude-and even worse-a meddler." But as Christians shouldn't we be careful who's example we follow and who may stumble or be helped by it all?
We hear some say, "well, just look the other way if you don't like it." But that is hardly an option. So with the New Year upon us and considering how you might do something worthwhile - how about including the gracious idea of simply considering others who have no choice but be effected by what you choose to wear, or not wear. Gracious modesty is a gift anyone can give that everyone can appreciate and benefit by - and what a relief it gives to men!
Let's face it. Everywhere you look you see skin. A Hollywood or TV star or some singer needs only appear in some latest nothingness one time and before you know it everywhere you look - even in church pews you see the same thing being copied. Fashion designers seem fixed on the idea that less is more. And it is. It is more money in their pockets as everyone blindly follows along with the nudity flaunting pied piper's trends.
As an observant blogger writes, "to speak of modesty or standards of modesty today is to risk branding oneself as naive, impractical, out-of-date, and a prude-and even worse-a meddler." But as Christians shouldn't we be careful who's example we follow and who may stumble or be helped by it all?
We hear some say, "well, just look the other way if you don't like it." But that is hardly an option. So with the New Year upon us and considering how you might do something worthwhile - how about including the gracious idea of simply considering others who have no choice but be effected by what you choose to wear, or not wear. Gracious modesty is a gift anyone can give that everyone can appreciate and benefit by - and what a relief it gives to men!
