What to wear to church??

Have you ever found yourself not knowing what to wear to church? Or do you know what to wear but it doesn’t show your creativity? Most women (not all) like fashion in some sorts. They either like accessories, different statement pieces, shoes etc, whatever the case may be we like fashion. If you’re like me you like pushing the limit, mixing and matching not really dressing generically. Well today at church I wore a skirt. It was adorable; it had the peplum thing going on, fairly fitted, very 40’s ish. I was determined to convince myself that it was fine to wear to church. So yes I wore it to church,then conviction sat in. I felt convicted because although I know that I’m not wearing clothing to impress, or distract men from church or God, that could’ve happen. We as women are to dress modestly. 1 Timothy Likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire, but with what is proper for women who profess godliness—with good works..

Well what does modest mean? Unassuming or moderate in the estimation of one's abilities or achievements.(of an amount, rate, or level of something) Relatively moderate, limited, or small.

humble - unassuming - unpretentious - lowly – moderate

Don’t confuse modest with homely, ugly, or old. Most of us don’t want to dress ugly lol. We want to dress age appropriate, yet modern etc.  Sometimes it’s hard to find cute church clothes that are age appropriate, we don’t want to dress like grandma, and we want to keep our style and flare. As the Rev. preached today about Jonah and letting go and letting God, and what is our Jonah that we are holding on to? I realized my style of dress could be a Jonah. No wearing certain clothing isn’t causing ME to sin, but it may cause someone else to sin. No my clothing isn’t breaking MY fellowship, but it may cause someone else to break their fellowship. I know you’re thinking “well if someone is sinning because of what someone else wears that’s their problem not mine. I agree because that was my thought also. I can’t control when someone sins, I have no idea what sins people are struggling with.  True we don’t know what someone maybe dealing with. We don’t want to be a stumbling block to your brother in Christ either. We are our brother’s keeper. I believe that applies to our brothers in Christ as well as our blood brothers. We have a responsibility to one another, and we don’t want to see anyone fall and we don’t want to play a part in their falling. I didn’t wear that skirt today to PURPOSLY cause someone to stumble, be disrespectful or a distraction, but I did see some of the looks some of the men were giving me and it made me very uncomfortable.  So I will NEVER wear that skirt to church again LOL seriously though. We should be mindful of what we wear. When we accept Christ in our lives as our personal Lord and Savior we should have a renewing of our mind. Trust me ONLY God can renew your mind, you can try as long and as hard as you want to, but only God can do that. So don’t try to think it’s something you can do by your own might, because you will be sadly mistaken. I believe it may take a renewing of your mind if you’re going to church to purposely cause people to stumble. If you’re like me and you just like to wear cute clothes that compliment your body, but other people may perceive you far from what your trying to be perceived as, lets pray that God renews our mind In that area of our lives.  Clothing isn’t that important to have to hold onto so tight that we can’t make certain previsions, to help our brothers and sisters in Christ. We should want people to see our light, our God in us before the see our hips and thighs and behind. We should want Christ to be seen all around us and not our chest hanging out. I think that’s important for young women and not just for church, but in our day to day life period. Let’s be modest and save certain things for our one day husband. You don’t want every member of the church to know that you’re a “brick house” before your husband does.

(No i didn't wear a scarf on my head to church, but this is the skirt you can't really see it all, it does come slightly past my knee's but it is fairly tight. more for a date with your husband, not your weekly date at church with God. Lesson learned (: )

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