What is modest?
What is modest?
I was talking with my wife this morning and our conversation turned into a discussion over modesty. We are trying to figure out what it is that defines modesty in our culture or what is modest and what is not. The topic always becomes especially relevant this time of year as the weather outside warms up. The ladies bring out there shortest of skirts and most revealing of shirts and simply try to where as little as possible without being charged with indecent exposure. The guys just stop wearing shirts even though most of them should wear shirts. I think many of these men should be charged with indecent exposure. I think most of you probably catch my drift.
There are a few scriptures that seem to hit the topic of modesty. In particular 1 Corinthians 11:2-16 and 1 Timothy 2:9-10 seem to hit the topic most head on. But before we go into a discussion about these verses I would like to know what all three of you LCF bloggers think about modesty. I want to know what modesty should look like among men and women alike and who or what defines this.
So blog away and let’s see what we can come up with. I will wait a few days to get some answers and then we can look at the verses.
Delighting in my Father
Delighting in my Father
I love coming home from a day of work. It brings me great joy to walk in the door and be greeted by my beautiful wife. I receive a loving kiss and hug from her and I know she is glad to have me home. I always kiss my wife first. And then, there he is, six months old, sitting on the floor and chewing on his toes. He sees me and gives his biggest two toothed smile, his feet start kicking, his arms start waving, he is my son and he is so happy to see his dad. What joy this brings me.
This causes me to think about my relationship with my Father who is in heaven. What joy He must have when I see Him and I too give a big smile for the joy that I have in seeing and knowing my Father. Do I simply delight in knowing God? Does my knowledge of God surpass all feelings, intents, and aspirations that I have in this life? Does it happen in my life that the more knowledge I gain about God and the more I know Him and see His glorious majesty, the more humbled I become? Knowing God should do this very thing to me. I should be humbled and in awe of Him and all of His glorious attributes.
I become even more amazed when I see that God knows me! He has taken the initiative by His grace to know me. He has revealed Himself to me and opened His Word to my understanding so that I might be all the more amazed at Him. What joy and delight this brings me.
Thus says the Lord: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches, but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, declares the Lord.” (Jeremiah 9:23-24)
But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be know by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless elementary principles of the world, whose slaves you want to be once more? (Galatians 4:9)
I am humbled that His grace has been shown to me, that I might know Him, delight in Him, and that He might delight in me.