Please excuse my bad spelling and grammatical errors on my last post. I was typing in a super hurry on my Iphone. I thought it would fix them automatically but it did not.
Well onto my second part. :)
In the biblical times, men did not wear pants. No one wore pants. Here is an excerpt from something I was reading about this.
"The men and women would wear an inner garment or shirt next to their skin called a tunic. Usually this was without sleeves and reached down to the knees or sometimes all the way to the ankles. Wealthy people would wear tunics which had sleeves and which reached to the ankles.
Among the poorer people, the tunic was often the only clothing worn in warm weather. Wealthier people might wear the tunic alone inside the house, but they would not wear it without the outer garment outside the house. In the Bible the term "naked" is sometimes used of men who only have their tunic on (see John 21:7). To be dressed in such a scanty manner was thought of as "nakedness."
This is from middletownbiblechurch.org.
So what was the Bible referring to when it said that women should dress like women and men should dress like men?
"Men and women wore the same kind of clothing, but it differed in detail. They both would wear an inner garment and a girdle and an outer garment, but the dress of the woman was more elaborate and ornamented. However, the women wore longer tunics and larger mantles than the men. Also the women would often wear a veil covering their face.
Even though men and women wore the same kind of clothes, there were differences which made it easy to tell the sexes apart. Even today men and women both wear shirts, but usually the blouse that a woman would wear is quite different than the shirt that a man would wear."
Again from middletownbiblechurch.org
So in my opinion (and you may have a different one-and that is okay ), the bible is referring to what the customs of the day are. In that time, wearing the kind of robe a man would wear, even though women ALSO wore robes, was considered dressing like a man.
It is now culturally acceptable to wear pants for men and women. So this should be in line with the Bible, correct?
Who is to say? Who really knows? You can type anything about modest dress and what christians should wear on the internet and get 28372038 different views.
You must look into your heart and talk to God about what is best for you. Again these are MY opinions.
I feel that I cannot wear pants in a way that is modest. I feel they always always always draw attention to parts that are only for my husband. I also feel that if they are not below my knee that I might as well wear a miniskirt. This probably makes no sense, but hey. Makes sense in my mind. :)
I am not some "crazy religious person" or anything. All of my life I have worn pants and shorts and tight shirts. I just recently changed the way I dress. I am talking to you as someone that sees both sides.
We as christians are not supposed to draw attention to ourselves. After all, it's not about us. It's about GOD. We must look at everything we do and wear and say and behave and EVERYTHING. Ask yourself. Just once. Is this something I am doing for me? For my gain? Am I trying to draw unneccesary attention to myself by wearing shirts that show my cleavage? By the things I talk about? How loudly I talk about these things?
I'm not telling you how to dress or behave . I'm just trying to help you out.
I feel that if something is getting in the way of my relationship with God, then I need to fix it. God does not want men looking at the parts of my body he designed for my husbands enjoyment. God does not want me telling people (even jokingly) things about my husband or marriage if it makes him look bad.
With all the things I've been talking about here is one of the MOST important things.
Our works do NOT define our faith. Like how much we have. We can not earn God's love. We already have it. God will not love us more if we follow a bunch of rules. God will not love us less. Ever. If you want to hear some good stuff about that subject (which I could go on and on about) you can listen, watch, or download in an mp3 this sermon about the parable of the workers in the vineyard from my church.
http://www.springcreekchurch.org/series2012/i_current_series.html
I recommend reading the bible yourself and talking to God yourself. I had so many perceptions change about the way I should behave and present myself after reading the bible.
I feel like my thoughts have been a little helter-skelter here but I hope you have kept up with my thought processing. :) I hope I haven't forgotten about anything I had planned to post.
One more thing.
I feel that it is not anyones right to judge or condemn ANYONE for what they do or not do. With the exception of God.
I have been following a blog by a christian women. She has a lot of wonderful things going for her and is very joyful and I love it!
The only thing is- whenever she posts about modesty is EXTREMELY judgemental about christians. She actually calls them "so-called christian women" when she is refering to women that wear pants! Dont get me wrong, she is very in line with the bible about many things she talks about and I very much enjoy her blog. I just never think it's right to judge people like that. We all have sins and things that we struggle with. No one has the right to tell anyone how to be or that they are not a christian. I am guilty of bad thoughts, speaking harshly, being quick to anger and many things as many of us are. But we are born-again and have been redeemed. Jesus died for our sins. Of course that is not an excuse to sin.
Boy I got of subject.
Well I hope this was enlighting and not to off-subject for you!
Have a good week everyone!
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