Just an observational thought out-loud

This I believe will get me into trouble with you, but it’s something I have wanted to touch on for some time.

The challenge is, I actually go to church, not specifically, but a reason to see the nicely attractively dressed woman. It really did not occur to me, that what I was saying, is that the woman I was liking the dress of, were actually dressed a little more sexy than it seemed appropriate for the environment. Who am I to offer any observation on this at all. Just a dad of three daughters, a dad that knows what goes through the mind of men, a man who believe we should be as conservative as possible when we are among our Lord and Savior.

So, guy, what do you think is too sexy. I’ll answer you, thanks for asking. Anything too tight, things that accentuate your body. Thins which expose cleavage, mid section or even shorts which are really designed for the park, football field or night out. Form fitting clothing such as leggings – even with a shirt over the butt or pants so tight.

I am a man, I guess of little self-control, when I see a woman in clothing which fits some of the above, I tend to look. I admit, I am being selfish here, but when I go to church, I really don’t want to be distracted by a woman wearing flashy clothing. Yes I could ignore, but it’s a little like saying you don’t notice the smell of the chocolate chip cookies in the oven.

I feel that somehow, somewhere woman get a free pass on the dress code. I just wrote an article Yoga Pants talking about how it seems these skin fitting pants have popped up everywhere and have been accepted as a common place attire for woman – even though they outline their lower half’s many times to the point it’s just a different skin color.

So, am I saying, change your dress of because I feel the clothing some woman wear is more seductive than I personally would prefer. Well, I am a guy a man and I don’t think I am too far from the average man, if not right in the middle. I know, when I take my family to church, I want them concentrating on God, not on who is looking at them and why. For even Jesus states:

Luke 17:1-4 NASB
He said to His disciples, “It is inevitable that stumbling blocks come, but woe to him through whom they come! [2] It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea, than that he would cause one of these little ones to stumble. [3] Be on your guard! If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. [4] And if he sins against you seven times a day, and returns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ forgive him.”

And remember the Lord’s prayer:

Matthew 6:13 ESV
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

And Paul proclaimed:

1 Corinthians 8:11-13 ESV
And so by your knowledge this weak person is destroyed, the brother for whom Christ died. [12] Thus, sinning against your brothers and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ. [13] Therefore, if food makes my brother stumble, I will never eat meat, lest I make my brother stumble.

I am just suggesting, Church is not the time to put ourselves on display, it’s the small hour or so, we get to put our Lord and Savior on display and praise and worship him with all our hearts, minds, souls and strength – and attention 🙂 God Bless – just thoughts.

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