tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18471438.post113339915886234694..comments2009-05-23T15:39:11.190-07:00Comments on Lyn-z-4Jesus: Way to go Kirk!Lyn-zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02658093011007241645noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18471438.post-1133478932707650762005-12-01T15:15:00.000-08:002005-12-01T15:15:00.000-08:00AMEN AME!!! Good stuff for us all to be mindful a...AMEN AME!!! Good stuff for us all to be mindful and prayerful of!!! :)Lyn-zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02658093011007241645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18471438.post-1133447773226075162005-12-01T06:36:00.000-08:002005-12-01T06:36:00.000-08:00I wish it were not true, but I have been exposed t...I wish it were not true, but I have been exposed to that world more than I care to. So I do have some suggestions for women of God who truly care about the intense war men are facing. They are simple and redundant, but critically true.<BR/><BR/>Dress. We love to look beautiful and feminine, but there are many looks that are truly only appropriate for our bedrooms - married or not. Men are intensely visual - it's a gift to us from God when we're married, but we must not exploit it outside of the bedroom. ANYthing in our appearance that would obviously cause a man's eye to be drawn from our internal beauty is a temptation for a man, and I believe it is wrong to wear. Specifically? Well, I'm very conservative because of what I've had to experience, but specifically I would say: no cleavage, no skin-tight tops or pants - well-fitting and skin tight are two different things. And cover up - too much to look at is just too much to look at. There is a place for women to share our physical beauty in playful and intimate ways with a man, and it's in the marriage bedroom.<BR/><BR/>And Presentation. All of how we present ourselves is critical, especially for women who desire to present Christ. Presentation encompassing the whole "package." Dressing conservatively and yet acting seductively or flirtatious will still draw a man's mind to places it needs not go.<BR/><BR/>Do you really want a man looking at you and struggling with his thoughts? We cannot control their thoughts, but we can dress and present ourselves in such a way as to not be responsible in any way for drawing their thoughts to places they should not go.<BR/><BR/>I think that's why God's Word emphasizes our "inward beauty" so much. When we focus on our hearts and dressing them beautifully for our Lord, the way we dress and present ourselves will be a reflection of that: still very much in style and yet not distracting from our real beauty and reason for being - the beauty of God growing and blooming in our hearts; and to be such a woman that people are drawn to God through us.<BR/><BR/>Pray. Pray that when men are with you they see your heart and souls and mind, that they see YOU, and that they see Jesus. Pray they are not distracted with your appearance. <BR/><BR/>When a man looks at you, is there anything about you or your appearance that would draw him to God? Is there anything about your appearance that would draw him to inappropriate thoughts or to struggle with them?<BR/><BR/>(Lin-z - good luck with finals and finishing out the semester! i love the way you're really struggling through thinking through what you believe :)Amehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14358641966141610513noreply@blogger.com