Religion That Girls Wear Dresses or Skirts Never Jeans

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When I first began looking into wearing more skirts, I knew all the arguments for and against skirts and dresses being the pinnacle of modesty.  However, I didn't find myself fully convinced of the validity of the arguments.  The Scripture references didn't speak definitively that skirts and dresses are the ONLY "right" choice, and I found myself floundering when it came to giving biblical evidence as to why women should wear skirts and dresses.

As I said in Part 1, for me, it comes down the idea of being set apart and distinctly feminine…NOT a Biblical mandate.

Caroline from The Modest Mom says,

"I've come to the conclusion that one of the main reasons I wear skirts is to appear feminine.  I am, after all, a woman.  It's not so much to check off my godly living check list, and to fulfill all the scriptures I have found that command me to wear skirts (by the way, they're hard to find.)  Rather, I feel passionately about being a woman in a world where gender lines continue to be blurred, and in many instances, are completely non-existent!"

As I've been adding more skirts to my wardrobe, I've pondered what being a woman means. God didn't accidentally create me to be a woman. It wasn't some random chance I ended up female.  Shouldn't I rejoice in who I am as a woman…rather than hide it?

Caroline thought the same thing…

"Wearing skirts and dresses is perhaps the simplest way for me to portray the fact that when God created me, he created a woman.  It shows that I'm comfortable with God's will in this and that, at least outwardly, I dare not do anything that might suggest otherwise to those around me.  When I think about it, this is perhaps the least I can do to convey to the world that I am a daughter of God."

Caroline shared this Tasha Tudor quote with me:

Why do women want to dress like men when they€™re fortunate enough to be
women? Why lose femininity, which is one of our greatest charms? We get
more accomplished by being charming than we would be flaunting around in
pants and smoking. I€™m very fond of men. I think they are wonderful
creatures. I love them dearly. But I don€™t want to look like one. When
women gave up their long skirts, they made a grave error€¦

From here, I want to offer you Caroline's words because she has spoken so clearly what I want to convey to all of you dear sisters.  Read and be blessed:

I don't do this to be legalistic. I don't feel fulfilled in my Christian walk because I adorn myself with a skirt every day. This is not something that I throw in all my friends faces and expect them to exemplify in their own lives. Rather, I seek to most importantly show my husband and children a modest wife and mama at home, and teach my children the clear gender lines, as those I hold dear to my heart have blurred the lines, thus wrecking their lives in the process.

Wearing skirts can also be an act of love to our brothers in Christ.  When we wear a long skirt, I know the opportunity for our brothers to struggle with wrong thoughts is far less. While men ultimately are responsible for their thoughts, as sisters in Christ we should be willing to aid them in this. A skin tight shirt, and a short skirt (or shorts) will be a stumbling block for some men, and honestly, why wouldn't it? God designed men to desire women, and when we ladies walk around flaunting ourselves for everyone to see, we do a grave disservice to the men around us, and ourselves. Ladies, let's not cheapen ourselves by revealing all that we are to the world around us.

Just as we teach our daughters to save themselves for their husbands, we need to keep our bodies for our husbands. That means when we have on a low cut shirt, and bend over, you reveal to all the world what should be kept for your husband alone.

Amy and I will try the best we can to present how to dress modestly, but ultimately it is not about a list of rules.

Isaiah 47 speaks of God's judgment upon Babylon and Chaldea. As part of the curse upon them He would

"make bare the leg, and uncover the thigh"

In the New Testament God asks the women to

"adorn themselves in modest apparel and wear the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit."

Throughout this series, you will find me laying the greatest amount of emphasis upon the latter half of that last verse.  Modest apparel flows out of such a spirit – not the other way around.

It is about true modesty in your heart.

Has the Lord placed on your heart a desire to be feminine and modest? If so, you need to follow that, and how it might look for your family. I don't believe that we will all come out looking exactly the same. Some might prefer to only wear cotton, others might prefer polyester so as to avoid wrinkles. Some might like a simple cape dress. Others might prefer a long, modern jean skirt.

Do what you feel like the Lord is convicting YOU of, and please don't look around and cast judgements.

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And in that spirit, I {Amy} ask that you prayerfully watch this video sent to me by Jimmie at Jimmie's Collage.  And meet us back here on Wednesday for another installment of She Wears Skirts.  The next post will be a practical one where Caroline helps us Get Started!

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