[smc112]

Originally Posted by PrettyBoy

I agree with the two ladies above. You're absolutely right. I'm just saying women who dress too fast don't have any respect for themselves. A woman who has no respect for herself won't have any respect for others either. A classy woman to me is a woman who presents herself as an attractive woman because she knows she represents God to others. I know it can happen anywhere, but women like this who respect themselves generally don't hang out where no good men with bad morals hang out. To me, a woman with integrity lives a life that lines up with her Christian beliefs. She lives according to the standard of love rather than law. She doesn't "claim" to be a follower of Christ, yet disregard His many teachings on immodest dress. IMO, a woman of integrity lives what she believes about God , and it shows everywhere from head to toe.

You aren't one of those who feel that women have to be dressed with a skirt all the way down to the ankles and wearing a turtle neck, are you? LOL Like I said before, there are a lot of women who like fashion and have diversity in their style. I'm a Holy Ghost filled woman of God, and I wear make-up and I keep up with the latest styles. I'm sure that I don't fit the mold of what some Pentecostal women would want me to wear. If you follow their beliefs they feel that women are going to Hell because they wear blue jeans and make-up. God calls us to be free, and to enjoy life. I'm a classy woman who loves God, and I feel I represent God well in the way I dress. It might not be a skirt all the way down to my ankles all the time, but God loves my sense of style because he gave me those creative gifts. God gifted me with the ability to apply my make-up and to coordinate some slamming outfits! God isn't concerned about the outside as much as he is concerned with the inner man of the heart. There are plenty of women who dress very modestly and be the biggest freaks! Sleeping around with everything! Like I said, you shouldn't always judge a book by it's cover. The girl with the short skirt might very well be a woman who operates in integrity. Jesus said something very interesting to the Pharisees in Matthew 23:27-28. He told them that they appeared to be righteous on the outside but on the inside they were filled with hypocrisy and wickedness. They were like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside full of dead men's bones and everything unclean. I thought this scripture was a prime example of not judging people based on outward appearances because everything is not what it seems to be.

*** By the way, I am a person who keeps things balanced with the way I dress, but I'm just making sure that you aren't on the extreme as the Pentecostals are. Thinking that women have to be covered from head to toe and that makes them "righteous".