How are Christians supposed to look?
I understand modesty but your modesty may not be someone else's. Christians right here on this very board gossip and do everything else but people are supposed to know you are Christian? You have to listen to what folks are saying not how they look. You are to be who you are 24-7. Whether its for your husband or not. You are to be the SAME. Some talk about the beat of the song and how "wordly" it sounds. Nowadays, EVERYTHING is sounding the same. Secular artists have often said that they get their influence from gospel artists. So what's the difference?
Not like a street munchkin begging for attention.
Proverbs 31 says it all. It wasn't her exposure of her bosom that gave her virtue, it was her character.
Ce-Ce Winans is a perfect example of humility and Christianity in public ministry. She brings the attention where it belongs, which is upon God in worship, honor and praise.
It's a lie to think that we have to compromise virtue to gather those lost in the world. What this type of dress says to the young and lost is that, you don't have to change a thing.
Stay the way you are. Keep your tat's and your cracks with your low rider jeans, keep showing your belly and by all means let the boobs hang out to play.
There's a dress code for Ministry which is indeed Ministry.
It's not rocket science. Even sinners know the difference.
God has blessed me and He has allowed me to be beautifully endowed, but it's for my husband to see. And just because someone disagrees doesn't make it any less right. When men and women are in Ministry, they are to present themselves as such and not less.
How is a man supposed to focus on Jesus when a huge pair of boobs are jumping up in his face? Or a shaking booty. It's no different than the club. He's not going to take Jesus seriously. It's one of the reasons, these men do come to Church and think they can still have sex outside of marriage with the 'Church' sisters. Afterall, they don't look nor act any different than what they have in the clubs. The jumping and the bumping are all the same. Jesus is just a label to them, not a broken spirit nor a contrite heart, which is what God desires and requires.
These men are not planted by the waters but by lust of the eye and it's not a game. This Jesus message becomes lost to them. The same applies to these Christian men who dress with the tight jeans, open shirts, and so on. The girls looking at them are not into receiving Jesus so much as they are looking to be scored by one of them.
And before anyone jumps in to share about a big mass of hearts that come to the Altar for salvation. The question is , "How many stay there and to what measure have they surrendered their all to Jesus?".
Our clothing does make a difference. There's a time and a place for everything. When one is 'Ministering', than the dress code calls for such.
I understand women who wish to look attractive, and I also understand a casual relaxed dress code, I'm one of them, but there is a standard that needs to be honored in the name of Ministry. When I 'm ministering, I'm not out in my Dance class leotards or tight capris. There's a place for that in my class, but it's not in public Ministry.
Mary Mary are not built to wear the expose' of their excessive cleavage. Even my children know that. Folks aren't dumb. They know. Even the folks in Church who 'object' to what I'm saying know this. It's just plain common sense, that's all.
Blessings....