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When I was in high school I went through a very, very short-lived stage where I found it incredibly thrilling and rebellious to wear a shirt that bared my midriff.
My best friend and I went out one night to a concert and I wore said scandalous top and felt so powerful as guy after guy took note of my belly button.
They probably also took note of the fact that I was the color of paste, had fifteen hundred pimples under my hair-sprayed bangs, and wore high-heeled sneakers that made me stumble every few steps and quickly gunned it in the other direction.
Regardless, it is no secret that God has made women to be lovely and beautiful creatures – even if some of us struggle with our weight, backne, and untamable hair {ahem – me}.
It's also no secret that men like the way women look and can often struggle in a situation if a woman is anywhere within a 2 mile radius wearing something that exposes a lot of cleavage or thigh or earloabs.
Because my husband says if I wore a potato sack he would STILL be tempted to wonder what I might be wearing under that potato sack.
But while we are not responsible for what a man does in his heart after he has seen something attractive, we are responsible for finding ways to dress that please the Lord.
And when we love the Lord in that way, we love our precious brothers and help them not have to work so dang hard to look away.
It's super important for you to know that I am not advising y'all to drop your closet of clothes at the nearest thrift store and go buy nun outfits. Christian women can still look adorable and fashionable. Thanks to my mom, I think I look pretty good most of the time.
And before you go thinking I'm somewhat of a prude, you must know that I like to make sure that I save all my scandalous clothes for behind the closed doors of my home with my beloved (wink).
But when I am getting dressed to go to work or church or the supermarket, I usually try to assess the appropriateness of an outfit by asking myself a few questions.
1. Is it too tight?
If you can see the outline of your hoo-ha in it – it's too tight. The end.
2. Is it too short?
We had an event at our church recently and I complimented a girl on her cute black leggings and she said, "Thanks! When I got into this skirt I realized it was too short so I threw these on."
Bless her. I could have hugged her for taking the extra time and enduring another layer of clothing in South Florida heat for choosing to dress appropriately.
What a great trick. Short dress or skirt? Leggings. Boom.
I've always followed this tip myself because my knees look like they belong to a 90 year old woman. I'm doing EVERYONE a favor by not bringing them out.
But I encourage you not to mistake leggings as a suitable pair of pants. Unless your shirt is long enough to cover your bum, this is generally not a good idea (refer to tip #1).
A few weeks ago I decided that I wanted to lure my husband into bed by squeezing into a super tight pair of leggings. I fed our children, put them to bed and then walked out to the living room and in front of the television where he was sure to see me.
I did my best impression of a sexy purring kitten and bent over to, "Oops!" pick something up and at that point I thought I would have drawn him in hook, line, and sinker, but instead he let out a horrific cry and said, "WHAT IS ALL OVER YOUR BOTTOM?!"
Turns out I had fed our children peanut butter for dinner and had somewhere along the way sat in it.
3. Is it see through?
I always thought of slips as something old ladies wore.
But, I've trained myself to think about it because sometimes that cute maxi skirt can reveal a sexy silhouette of curves when hit with the right amount of back light (something I am especially conscious of because I sing on the worship team every week at church where back lighting abounds).
Not to mention if you're shopping for clothes at places like Wal-Mart (that would be me) then you know the quality/thickness of fabric is not going to be something that Ralph Lauren would be proud of.
Repeat after me – slips are your friend.
And so are camis. There have been plenty of shirts that I have put on only to find that you can see my undergarments through and through. Camis take care of this in a snap. I like these ones from Gap.
4. Will it distract?
I was recently lamenting with some friends about the time in high school when I was about to sing a solo in our Sunday morning church service and some well-meaning deacon thought it was a good idea to drop the air conditioning down to 62 at about the same time I was walking on stage.
At least that's what it felt like to me and my nips.
Yes, you heard me. This was the last time I was EVER caught walking around without a padded bra.
I highly doubt anyone was able to enter into worship with all the activity going on under my shirt.
5. What are my motives with this outfit?
Romans 13:14 says, "But be like the Lord Jesus Christ, so that when people see what you do, they will see Christ. Don't think about how to satisfy the desires of your sinful self."
Often when I am getting dressed to go somewhere I can sense in my spirit the difference between whether I am wearing an outfit because my 'sinful self' wants to get noticed or if my heart is full of simply wanting people to see Christ in me (instead of my hot bod).
Which, I humbly admit, is somewhat stretched out and sagging these days.
But that is neither here nor there.
The point is, if you love Jesus, then you will want to honor Him in EVERY area of your life. Including how you dress.
Because really the best way to look awesome is letting His light and love spill out of you instead of your boobs. 🙂
– Julie
"It is not fancy hair, gold jewelry, or fine clothes that should make you beautiful. No, your beauty should come from inside you—the beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit. That beauty will never disappear. It is worth very much to God."
1 Peter 3:3-4 (ERV)
**P.S. If you are a nun and reading this, I understand that these days you wear super comfortable and conservative clothing much like I am encouraging us all to do in this post. When I wrote the title for this post, I was thinking along the lines of Sister Act. Thank you for setting such a great example for us! Xoxo**
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