Modesty

     Next week is my high school graduation. Exciting, right?- except that it also meant dress shopping. Being naturally on the bigger chested side, this is always difficult. I wanted to find something simple and semi formal, but not too casual. Then I decided I just wanted something to fit. 

     My mom and I must have gone to five different dress stores. Why was this necessary? Everything either flashed my chest off or came out way too short. A modest dress was not going to be found. 

     This year modesty has been especially important to me. Problem is, I can't find much! Then everyday I see girls coming to school in see-through shirts, with only a bra cover underneath! Yes, even the fourteen-year-old girls. I keep thinking to myself "what's the problem here?". 

     Our society has put a high importance on beauty, and always has. Models went from being beautiful the way they were, to needing to be skinny and idolized. Young girls have started worrying about their "fashion" and weight at only 5, following the influences around them (don't get me started on how well Disney promotes this mentality). Now, girls are going out of their way to show off their "beauty", and it seems they just keeping taking more clothes off! Parents (for the most part) are OK with this either because they grew up recently, during the rapid moral drop, or they feel they don't have to care; "everyone is doing it, so it must be OK and why bother?". 

     It's gotten to the point where a majority of young people are dressing this way, so a majority of stores limit cute to clothes like this or tee-shirts. I can't even find a pair of shorts that cover my butt at most stores, so iv'e reverted to only buying shorts at Old Navy. Truth is, I don't want to have to wear tee-shirts all summer. I just want a tank top that doesn't make me feel undressed, same going for dresses. The evil of the world is making this awfully difficult. What happened to everyone being christian and fearing even bathing suits? Do most of our youth even know what modesty means anymore? 

     I would like to begin my new blog with a post about something that has really begun to bother me. Almost every week for the last few months, I have been "put down" with the comment "Christians are weak. It takes a truly strong person to admit that there's nothing, like an atheist does". There's a couple problems with this I would like to bring forth, valid points that are somehow missed.

     First, atheism does not "admit to nothing". They admit to there being no God- this is a set of beliefs, which   I will go so far as to even call a religious doctrine. 

     Second, it does not take a strong person to admit there's nothing. Rather, it is actually very weak. Let's evaluate this in an example I feel most could understand: Let's just say you have a math test coming up and you do not understand algebraic expressions. Is it easier for you to admit you do not understand, or easier to TRY to understand? Do you easily reason "I don't understand, so I quit trying", or "I would like to understand, so even if it can't always be explained so I know why the expressions work I will at least know the elements of the concept"? These comparisons are very close to that of Christians and atheists. Atheists quit trying when they don't understand. Christians admit they don't understand and try their best to implement   faith BLINDLY. Which is actually stronger? 

     This common misconception is actually the type of belief that leads people away from being Christian. Humans have this in-born tendency to run from things they either don't understand or can't perceive. It is an undeniable weakness, that has always done us more damage than good. My questions is this- DO you often run from your weaknesses, or face them dead on and overcome them? 

     Recently, I have run from nothing. I can feel the presence of the Lord guiding me. When he's with me, no one is ever against me. Do you feel like your missing strength? That your just not getting everything from life, and you'd like to know why? Send me an email, I'd love to help the Lord work from my life to yours. Don't trust blind, personal conversation? I understand. Maybe give that local church a chance and try talking to someone after the sermon.