I am still thinking about a tattoo, but I am not sure. After I became a believer my whole lifestyle changed. I stopped going to dingy Punkrock clubs and many of my priorities changed (such as saving up for one wicked-cool tattoo). Its not that I thought they were wrong, its just that I felt so uncomfortable with certain things that I never would have questioned. For example; When I first started attending a OPC church where I live, I had a lip piercing. I remember I came one sunday with a plug in my pierced lip and I went to talk to my pastor (without telling him about the piercing) and the whole time he couldnt stop looking at it. I knew that he was being very gracious to me and so in time (with much nagging from my Grandma) I took it out and let the hole close.
In this instance I just felt convicted that it was wrong and that I felt like it made people have an impression of me that wasnt right, that I was some sort of rebellious, immature youth. I wanted to be able to fellowship with other believers without distraction and I think that tattoos (in visible places) and piercing can be just that
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