Try going to a clothing store for a shirt--you're probably going to be there for a while. It might even require going into three or four stores before finding something that meets all the criteria that modesty demands.
It's not easy and we have probably all compromised our modesty, at some point or other, simply because it's easier to buy what's popular or because we wanted to look fashionable.
I was much encouraged to receive the handout on modesty this past Sunday. It said several things to me:
1) Gayline (and the other pastor's wives) consider modesty an important enough issue to address and to provide help on how to attain a modest spirit (this help is VERY rarely given, even among churches)
2) It made me feel 'spiritually looked after'--modesty is a very difficult subject to approach and is often ignored because it can be awkward; the handout shows just another way in which sanctification is taken extremely seriously at TFC (we should be exhorting each other to grow in holiness!)
3) It was not a legalist list of 'don'ts' to make you 'look like a Christian,' but instead it dealt with the heart, reasoning with the reader to check her motivation in everything she does
4) Other 'modesty issues' were addressed--character traits; what is regularly written off to 'personality' or 'background' was shown for the sin that it is
Just a few of the many things to be thankful for that we are cared for in this way.
I really hope that we, TFC women, do a serious read-through of the handout and ask the Lord to reveal any 'immodesties of spirit' in us. I'm very thankful to be in a church where women pursue godliness. This makes correction graciously administered and humbly received.
BTW, one of the best messages on modesty I have ever heard (and one I find the need to periodically re-listen to when I need help in this area) is by C.J. Mahaney. Here's the link to the free download: The Soul of Modesty. Eye-opening and practical!
"Examine me, O Lord, and try me; test my mind and my heart." (Psalm 26:2)
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