Modesty, hmmm.......

Wow! There’s so much great information being posted on this blog!

I don’t want to overburden any of you, so I think I’ll change things up a little (change is good, right?). I’m going to direct you to a web site I found on modesty.

Christopher West says that “We cover our bodies because they are good.” By clothing ourselves, we protect the goodness of our bodies from the degradation of lust.

We are created good and beautiful, our bodies are good and beautiful, and we must protect them from the eyes of those who seek to use us as objects for their pleasure. That is where modesty comes in—we act and dress modestly so as to protect our bodies. The webpage that I found takes this concept further. The author, John Paul Rudolph, says that we are modest not only to protect ourselves, but also to reveal our true beauty and to inspire men to love (instead of lust). I was struck by what he said about clothing: that clothing designers know how to create clothes to manipulate the minds of others. He says:

Immodest clothing seeks to trap the eyes, highlighting body parts such as cleavage or the midriff instead of the whole person. These clothes are designed to manipulate the male mind towards objectifying you through itemizing your “parts” instead of appreciating your whole person. Modest clothing should make you look feminine and beautiful, but shouldn’t cause men to concentrate on one part of your body.

I encourage you to read John Paul’s entire article, but if you cannot, remember, at least, that as you dress, the clothes you choose should protect your body and reveal your beauty as a woman, not just as parts.