Does is really matter how I dress? This is a question that comes from so many girls. And honestly, it is a valid question. We see how celebrities dress, people we may look up to, or the girl who sits next to us in class, and they wear things are "in style". Now, I am like other girls and love clothes! I get into all those fashion TV shows, which drives my husband crazy. I love the creativity of it, and while there are some amazing designs out there, not all of them should be worn by girls, or women, especially those who believe in Jesus.
Now, if you are from the south, I understand, we have like 10 months of Summer and it gets HOT!!!! So normal wear is shorts and some kind of short sleeve shirt or tank. And this is fine, if you're not showing off your body. It drives me crazy when I see girls in teeny tiny shorts that could possibly fit my little girls and shirts that show off too much on top.
There are many different reasons why girls dress like this, and none of them are good. Our world fully believes that sex sales and it starts by how you display your body. But that doesn't mean we have to. Believe it or not girls, guys actually like a little bit of mystery, but there is no mystery to be found if you are already showing everything off. When you dress this way, you are drawing all kinds of attention, which is usually the goal, but is not the kind of attention you want, trust me.
Growing up I hated anything that showed my body. I wouldn't even wear a slight v neck shirt that showed nothing, but I didn't care. I felt so exposed. Then there came a time I didn't care and I wore things that I cringe at when I think about it. I hate knowing that while I never showed everything, I hated that glimpses were seen that should have only been reserved for my husband. And honestly, that is something you have to think about. Is what you are wearing respecting your future husband, or disrespecting him? For some, thinking in this mind set is a little out there. Some of you may think that you're not getting married for awhile, so why does it matter? But it does matter. In Proverbs 31, it states that a woman of noble character brings honor to her husband ALL the days of her life, not just the ones where she's with him.
Its not just about your future husband; its also about you. I'm sure you've heard time and time again that you should respect yourself, etc etc, and I'm sure there's even some of you rolling your eyes because when you hear that you get blah about it. But it is so true girls. So many times we want attention or we want someone to notice us, so we go to the extremes by how we dress, hoping to draw attention from anyone! This is not how a woman, especially a believer. When I see a girl dressed like that, I don't see a girl who respects herself or has a great self esteem; my heart actually breaks because I know, whether the girl wants to admit it or not, that she's hurting and probably thinks very low of herself. We should truly dress in a way that shows we respect our self enough to cover up our body. That brings the kind of attention you want.
Do you girls know we have the best Daddy ever! Our heavenly Father is amazing, and it breaks his heart when we dress in a way that reveals something that's not our own. Our bodies our not ours.
There are two verses that come to mind when I think about what brings joy to our Daddy's heart with how we dress:
1 Timothy 2:9-10: 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
And 1 Corinthians 6:19-20:Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.
Wow. We bring glory to God with how we dress! Maybe that's what we should think about while we are getting dresses: Does this outfit glorify God, or glorify me? Remember, we are not our own. Jesus paid the price for us so we could be with Him in Heaven forever. We can bring glory to Him, and say thanks my our choice in clothes. That's what we should want our clothes to.
