An Intro to Modesty

  Hi, hi, hi! Happy Sunday, all! So, next month (which will be June, in case any of you have had trouble keeping the months straight like my dad) all the little peoples will be moving up into our youth group! One of these people is my sister, Maddy. This is incredibly weird, and almost makes me sad, because I remember when I first moved up in 7th grade, and now, I'm like, old! Those four years went by so fast... So many things have changed, some for the better, some for the worse. Well, this got me thinking about the huge influence us older people's lives and examples are going to have on these kids coming up. I know that my friends and I can be awesome examples, and I think we can really help all the younger ones grow closer to Christ. But we're still young ourselves and are bound to make mistakes. And when it comes to the girls, I know there is one area in life that can easily be influenced by peers: Modesty. I know some girls who take modesty seriously, I know some who don't think it's that big of a deal. I've seen girls go from revealing clothing, to godly, modest dress, and I've seen girls with high standards of modesty drop down to the world's level. So I decided this would be a good topic to address, as it's something I really feel strongly about, and still struggle with personally. I don't know if I'll be able to get through all I want to say in one post, it may take several, but I'll see what I can cover.
  I few years ago I went through Dannah Gresh's book and devotional "Secret Keeper: The Delicate Power of Modesty" (as a side note, I highly recommend this book along with the devo!) and it was definitely something that impacted my life, and brought to light some different things about modesty and how guys work (they're actually a bit more complicated then they appear. Shocking, I know ;). So to start off: why is modesty such a big deal in the first place? Why is it so hard for girls to desire to dress modestly, and why is it such a problem for guys when we dress immodestly.
  Addressing the first question... why do we want to be flaunting our bodies around shamelessly? What does that do for us? It draws attention to ourselves. And we like it (be honest with yourself. Look deep into your subconscious... come on, a little deeper than that! There ya go. What did ya find? Yup, I thought so ;). Why? Why do we like it? Well, that may depend on the girl: the feeling of being accepted, wanted, desired. Maybe you like the power you have in your hands. I mean, you can make a guy weak in the knees just by wearing your shorts a little shorter, your shirts a little lower. Kind of amazing?? Yeah. And all that power - in your hands. In the words of a great man, "With great power, comes great responsibility." And that is extremely true when it comes to modesty.
   All right. I just wrote like two more paragraphs, but I just realized my thoughts aren't very collected :b I think I need to write out an outline or something and do some serious praying before I continue... hmmm...so I think I will continue this later when I actually understand completely what I'm trying to say. So I'm gonna do some research, prayer, and writing and then will continue on in this important study... So I'll bid you farewell for right now... I'll try to work on an outline tonight for you all ;]