She dresses in fine clothing...... I do need to present myself better sometimes. I don't also have on the nicest clothes and lets face it who doesn't love living in hoodies, jeans, and flip flops? I know that is for me, my I'm not working today outfit, and if its hot, its a tee shirt jeans and flip flops and hair pulled into a bun or pony tail. That is my go to but do I always look presentable? I have to remind myself I am representing myself as a Woman of God. Am I displaying it inside and out? Now I am not saying it has to be done fancy and with make up on and hair done everyday. No I am just saying does what I wear demonstrate who I am claiming to be? Am I wearing clothes that are modest? Do they show to much skin? I am teaching my girls to be modest, to the point that even I wear bike shorts under my skirts and dresses, my moto is if they have to then I should model it too. I wear one piece swim suits as do they. We are very modest and want our girls to dress presentably but displaying modesty at the same time. In this day and age it is hard to show a girl what it means to be a Woman of God when all around them, toys, clothes, music, movies, tv, all they see is unmodest people and things. If I dress modestly and do my make up and my hair in a presentable and not over the top fashion then I show my girls that its okay to be modest and its honoring to God to be modest. We have been having some issues with our six year old G and wanting to look in the mirror, and talk to herself in the mirror. She asks us constantly if she looks pretty and my husband and I always tell her she is beautiful inside and out, I want her to not focus on the outer beauty but on the inner beauty, I don't want her to think she can look like someone whom never takes care of themselves either. She needs to look presentable but I am learning as a parent in a Christ Centered home how to parent pretty much as I go and how to display these things too her, sometimes I mess up, but God picks me up and he helps me pick up the pieces and shows me a better way.
Proverbs 31:22 (ESV)
She makes bed coverings for herself; her clothing is fine linen and purple.
Now she dresses in nice fabrics and colors, we don't have to do that all the time but we need to make sure the clothing we wear is not to revealing and that we are being modest and honoring to god in everything we do. I need to explain to my girls that modesty honors God and not just say we have to be modest because Mommy and Daddy said so but because mommy and daddy honor the Lord and the Lord says to treat your body as a temple and thats how mommy treats her body, and that is how daddy sees beauty. Let me show my girls that modesty is what a Godly Man/Boy should see as beautiful not the girl who is showing all their skin. I just pray the world doesn't get to my daughters first. If you haven't heard the song I suggest you listen to and share with any girl in your life this song. "There could never be a more beautiful you" By Johnny Diaz.
PRAYER
Lord, open my eyes to see when I am not honoring you in what I wear or what my kids wear. Let me be aware that the clothing I wear is a representation of who I am in you Lord. Help me to see the Godliness in everything, help me Lord to show my kids why we need to be modest, let me explain it to them in a godly manner why it is important. Help me to prepare them to understand that being modest is honoring you and your word father. Lord help them to realize that they do not need to show skin to be beautiful because they are already beautiful. Help them to realize that a man of God sees them for their inner beauty and their relationship with you and help the men of God they will marry be raised in a family where vanity isn't what matters but love and a relationship with the Lord is. Help my girls not to be of the world but to be Godly woman living in the secular world, and showing the world what a true, virtuous, and righteous woman looks likes. AMEN
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