Our families are so similiar in so many ways.. And I can say Amen to this post with all my heart....
If we ever go to the beach (Mosty off season due to snakes on the beach, snakes is what my wife's family calls woman dressed immodest). We go fully clothed, same with playing in the surf. The last time we went to the beach we left at 3:30 in the morning and arrived just in time for the sun to rise. Dolphins jumping in the water and wild ponies within 5 feet of us. Beautiful and breath taking. We had the entire beach to ourselves until 11:00 am, when others started to come we left....
I also agree with you regarding your comments on burkahs and also rather see that then bare legs, especially in church...
I also have asked my wife to cover more up to her neckline for modesty sake..
Hold fast Ladyflynt to your beliefs, and pray other young ladies will come to such convictions...
Michael
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Originally Posted by LadyFlynt  To be more specific, our family doesn't believe in mixed swimming and when we go to the beach, we go fully dressed and play in the surf.
About the slippery slope...about the refusal to call anything immodest. If someone feels the need to wear a burkah, let them. I personally think it's the anti-muslim sentiment that causes ppl here to consistantly bring it up. I'd rather see a muslim woman in a burkah than to have my husband and boys flashed a young ladies thong in front of them at church.
And yes, I have been dressing more modestly. Because maternity clothes are limited, I have worn anabaptist maternity clothes. I generally sew up the slits in all my skirts (and have a few more that I need to do that to). I also wear skirts to the ankle or between ankle and calf. I don't go sleeveless. And I've been more conscious about necklines...something I've only recently have had to worry about.
Why do I dress this way? Because my body is for my husband alone. I'm not to stumble any man in things that he already struggles with or could struggle with. That is my Christian duty to my brothers and sisters. I'm giving away or selling anything, thus I shouldn't be advertising. The last man who gave my husband a hard time about my attire, we later learned had a pornography problem. I'm glad I kept covered and now wish we had not been talked into that one swimming expedition where I felt naked even in what is considered a very "modest" swimsuit by today's social standards (notice I said social, not scriptural). I also cover simply out of obedience to the principals and standards laid out in Scripture.
And if you want to talk of culture...I'm in a culture where yes, this kind of dressing is common. And I was dressing this way when I was living in a culture where it was not common. I can assure you have had positive reactions in those other places that I never got before I started dressing modestly.
Slippery slope being a fallacy? Yes, because I'm not, nor will I be in a burka. Neither will I permit my daughters to go to worship dressed more like a hooker than most hookers do (having lived near a large city, I can vouch that many hookers dress modestly compared to most ppls' daughters). |