I was sitting in meeting for our church's Beach Retreat leaders, being my giddy excited self. I love Beach Retreat and I can't wait to spend a week with my amazing high school girls, see what God has instore for them, and to see what God is showing me! Seriously...I am so excited I've already started packing!
Ok, back on topic Courtney...As I was saying I was in the meeting and we get to the rules and guidelines for the kids. One that always sticks out to me is the dress code. I know lots of people role their eyes at things like this, but I think the importance of this, and the duty as girls of God have for covering our bodies. Like I have said in past post, I understand that during summer, its hot, and humid, and shorts and tank tops can be the most comfortable thing to wear...but when there is less material than skin showing, there is issues.
I love the message in 1 Peter chapter 3. Now, this is addressed the wives, but this holds importance to all girls.
The same goes for you wives: Be good wives to your husbands, responsive to their needs. There are husbands who, indifferent as they are to any words about God, will be captivated by your life of holy beauty. What matters is not your outer appearance—the styling of your hair, the jewelry you wear, the cut of your clothes—but your inner disposition.
4-6Cultivate inner beauty, the gentle, gracious kind that God delights in.
Now please know I'm not saying its wrong to take care of yourselves. Its good to have confidence and its ok to want to look nice, but when its becomes your main focus, and you are using it to draw attention to yourselves, is when it becomes wrong.
Dress codes are not there to make it difficult for you to pack, or be uncomfortable. Do you know that the way you dress can draw the focus away from God? When you wear revealing clothes, all eyes are drawn to you, when all eyes are suppose to be on God. You could be a distraction to someone who needs to hear what God has for them.
Belive it or not girls, and it may be harder to believe due to media and some people out there, but guys prefer a woman whose inner beauty shines brighter than the outer.
So like I said, its ok to want to fix yourself up and have confidence, but that is not what matters. Your inner disposition is what matters. If you are going somewhere this summer that has a dress code, don't balk at it; follow it.
