Don’t Dress Your Girls Like Tramps
I have made a covenant with my eyes; Why then should I look upon a young woman? Job 31:1
Well I am sure for some of you the title of today’s Freedom Fighter raised an eyebrow or caused you to panic. Good -- because it is a topic worth addressing.
I am writing this Freedom Fighter at the end of April before Easter. I have been trying to write ahead because of a bus trip we are hosting at the end of the month.
On Easter Sunday, after we eat with our family which includes eating with the men of the Colony of Mercy, we will trek over to Point Pleasant to walk the Boardwalk with our kids. Last year it was a incredibly gorgeous day, very warm temperatures, and the Boardwalk was as crowded as it would have been at the height of the summer season.
On Easter Sunday, after we eat with our family which includes eating with the men of the Colony of Mercy, we will trek over to Point Pleasant to walk the Boardwalk with our kids. Last year it was a incredibly gorgeous day, very warm temperatures, and the Boardwalk was as crowded as it would have been at the height of the summer season.
What struck me that day was how much skin was already showing! My man radar was on high alert and I realized how easy it is for my eyes to wander. I had to quickly practice the art of diverting my eyes – but unless I was willing to look at my feet and risk walking into a post, this was going to be difficult.
The title for today’s Freedom Fighter actually was the title of an article written by a CNN correspondent who was really fired up about seeing how an 8 year old girl was dressed at an airport. He described her as “the sexiest girl in the terminal, and she’s not even in middle school yet.”
He goes on in his article to challenge parents to think about how they are allowing their daughters to dress, and because of the way advertisers are enticing girls to look like their peers, we have an even younger group of gals dressing way too provocatively.
As I read the article, the thought that crossed my mind is that even in the area of dress, behavior is modeled. What I find is that more and more Christian women have crossed the line when it comes to dress. Do we realize what we are doing?
At a recent Christian event, one of the women in attendance was dressed VERY provocatively. She was not wearing a bra and pretty brazen about how she was walking throughout the crowd. Guess what … she was the topic of conversation of both the men and women who were around me. It was like the spotlight was on her and she had commanded the attention of just about every man whom she walked by.
At a recent Christian event, one of the women in attendance was dressed VERY provocatively. She was not wearing a bra and pretty brazen about how she was walking throughout the crowd. Guess what … she was the topic of conversation of both the men and women who were around me. It was like the spotlight was on her and she had commanded the attention of just about every man whom she walked by.
The thought struck me – would I be wanting every man gawking at my wife and commenting on her body – talking about what she was or was not wearing? But take that one step further – how would you feel if your daughter was walking through a crowd scantily dressed and every guy was thinking to himself – “wow, she’s hot!” If 50% of the men in the church are doing battle with pornography, and tied in with porn is the lust to have what you can’t have, would we really want our wives and daughters being the object of another man’s lust and desire?
Now don’t get spiritual on me. And don’t put your blinders on. This is real life today, brothers, and you know it. I remember the words of one 90 year old pastor when the topic of lust was being discussed. A young preacher said it must be nice to be in your 90’s and not have to deal with this issue. The 90-year old preacher rebuked him with these words: “I may be old, but I am not dead!”
Maybe it’s time for us to step up to the plate and lovingly guide our daughters, and yes, even our wives – dress appropriately! – Bill Welte is President and CEO of America’s Keswick
Compass Pointers: To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries, avoiding all entanglements; lock it up safe in the coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket; safe, dark, motionless, airless- it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. C.S. Lewis
Anchored to the Rock: We have forgotten that what Christ built His church; He built a prayer meeting. – Armin Gesswein
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