I have been so encouraged by Melanie's blog, Forever His Servant, since I stumbled across it about a month ago. God has really spoken to my heart through her evident passion for the Lord, and the things she has shared. Modesty is an issue that is so important for Christian young women, and I feel that it is often dismissed or taken lightly. In the past, I did not always hold modesty highly. I had certain standards, but it wasn't a deep heart desire to love God and love my brothers in Christ by truly pursuing modesty. As God has drawn my heart closer to Him, I have been convicted of my tendency to compare myself to others in order to justify my clothing choices. Sometimes even my choices to dress modestly have been the result of peer pressure rather than a true heart desire.
1 Corinthians 13:1-3,13 says, "If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3And if I give all my possessions to feed the poor, and if I surrender my body to be burned, but do not have love, it profits me nothing... 13But now faith, hope, love, abide these three; but the greatest of these is love."
Modesty profits us little if it is not done in a spirit of love for our Lord and our brothers. On the other hand, it is of little use to say that modesty is an issue of the heart and fail to apply it to our dress and conduct, as Melanie states in the following videos. I hope you will take the time to watch them and be challenged.
1 Corinthians 13:1-3,13 says, "If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3And if I give all my possessions to feed the poor, and if I surrender my body to be burned, but do not have love, it profits me nothing... 13But now faith, hope, love, abide these three; but the greatest of these is love."
Modesty profits us little if it is not done in a spirit of love for our Lord and our brothers. On the other hand, it is of little use to say that modesty is an issue of the heart and fail to apply it to our dress and conduct, as Melanie states in the following videos. I hope you will take the time to watch them and be challenged.
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