“God has created his church to be a resting place for Christians, to be a place where people can encounter God with out all the distractions. It is disappointing when I walk into the church or an event with the church and have to deal with the same temptations that I face in the world. But I rejoice whenever I see a girl or woman who is attempting to serve the Lord and guys by dressing modestly. You have no idea how sweet and challenging it is when I see a woman who had decided not to flaunt her body like the culture shouts for her to do, but rather she has decided that serving the Lord and her brothers is more important.”

As far as the church…hee hee. Be careful. I wrote a rather lengthy piece that touched on this subject a long ways back and was accosted from all sides about being “judgemental”, “out of touch”, and “stupid” for being concerned after I saw a woman with a large, revealing, intentional hole in the seat of her designer jeans (with no panties beneath), a woman wearing a sheer blouse with NOTHING underneath, and the girl who stood on a platform running the video camera wearing a skirt so short I could tell what colour underwear she had on just sitting in my seat - all in one day, all at church. I was horrified, especially because our pastor had seen hole-in-the-buns lady (not that I wanted him to call her out then and there, of course!). This is to say nothing about the regular belly-baring tops, belly-and-bottom-baring jeans, and extreme cleavage seen on a weekly basis (one young lady in particular must have had the best bikini waxer in town, lol!).

Apparently, expecting sartorial respect at church is out of line and un-Christian. *sigh* I know He accepts us as we are, but surely He deserves a little more respect - as do the bodies He blessed us with and the eyes and minds He blessed others with.

Oh, dear… *steps off soapbox*

Thanks for your comment

You make many good points here and I hope that God is shifting the perspectives of today’s masses one willing heart at a time.