The Ministry of Being a Sister (via A Daughter of Vision)

I am sure a good many of my readers have the blessing of being a sister,  and I am sure many of you do view that as a blessing,  but do you view that as a ministry?   One of the most important ministries a young lady can be involved in is being an sister (older or younger).    It is your choice as to whether you will be faithful to this ministry,  or to discard it as something of little value.   

When we argue with our siblings or yell at them,  I think we often do not realize the cost of what we are doing to the relationship.   Before I was a Christian I demanded that my younger sister obey me, and of course she never would.  For a very long time I thought the problem was with her,  after all,  as the older one I thought I was simply entitled to her respect and obedience.  But I was wrong,  the problem was with me.   Because I had yelled and argued over insignificant things (in fact, there is nothing worth yelling over) I had lost her trust and respect,  so why would she want to obey me?  If you have the trust of your siblings treasure it, protect it, and grow it by kindness.   

How can we aviod conflict?  It is as simple as one sibling making the right choice.   99% of the things most brothers and sisters argue over really don't matter anyway,  so why are you risking your relationship by fighting?   It won't kill us to let the other person win.  So next time your sibling tries to catch you up in an argument and sends you angry words, return them with kind ones.   Soon, as your siblings learn how much sweeter it is to live in peace and unity, they will stop instigating arguments.   Loving and blessing our siblings is a choice,  and once we make that choice the results will be amazing.   


There are many ways we can minister to our siblings and the more we get to know them the more ideas we will get.   I'll share a few ideas of things I do with my sister,  I hope they encourage you to be creative and think of ways you can bless your siblings.



To read in full, please go to http://adaughterofvision.blogspot.com/2011/03/ministry-of-being-sister.html

Asking Why?

"So why do these women dress and act in such a way?   Why do most young ladies feel "uncomfortable" in long skirts and dresses?  Why don't they take on the roles they have been called to as Godly wives, mothers, and daughters?   I think that a large reason is simply because they do not know how.  They hardly ever see a maiden of virtue, but instead they constantly see women who dress like men, who are loud, disrespectful, and disobedient to authority." ~ A Daughter of Vision


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An Attitude of Modesty (via A Daughter of Vision)

Today I wish to share with you a very important topic - developing an attitude of modesty. A godly young woman should adorn herself with this beautiful aspect of purity, because modesty is so much more than simply dressing in a way that will not cause others to stumble, it is truly a heart issue. 

A Christian young woman’s attitude towards modesty is one of the things that sets her apart from the world. When dressing modestly, the goal is to draw attention to your countenance, not your body. When people look at your countenance, it should be a reflection of Christ and of purity, certainly not of immodesty! It is such a shame to see a young lady who is dressed with the intention of modesty, and yet all is wasted because her attitude does not shine with purity. But a godly young woman can be a powerful witness with her life - when people look unto her countenance they see Christ, they see radiant purity, and they realize that she is set apart. She brings honor to God and to her father.

So what is a modest attitude? A modest attitude is something that is easily recognizable, yet sometimes difficult to describe, so I will not be able to point out all aspects of a modest attitude. I encourage you to go to the scriptures and search for yourself to see all that the Lord tells us on this subject. One aspect of a modest attitude is certainly a meek and quiet spirit - A young woman who does not seek to draw attention to herself by speaking loudly or boastfully about herself, but instead uses her life as a witness and a tool for sharing the Gospel with others. She seeks to uplift Christ, and to draw attention unto Him, not to herself. 

To read in full, please go to http://adaughterofvision.blogspot.com/2011/04/attitude-of-modesty.html

About Dressing Your Young Daughters

Young girls deserve to be dressed modestly. So let's not cheat them from a lifetime of confidence and positive self-image by dressing them like super-models before they can even talk!! It is generally agreed that young women should take great care to dress modestly after they have reached puberty. But the question arises: Is there a special way of dressing before that age? As the mother of a three-year-old girl, I have faced this question many times and reached the conclusion that it is very important to dress young girls with the same levels of dignity and respect to which modest women themselves are accustomed. Treating this issue with the seriousness it deserves will help ensure that our daughters grow up with confidence and self-respect. Any parent of a young girl has certainly experienced the shock of trying to find decent clothes for his or her daughter. On a recent trip to a popular clothing store in our area, I was stunned to discover that all of the clothes for little girls are designed to enhance their female traits (breast, hips, legs, etc.) which are not even developed, while the styles mimic those of older teenaged girls (who have also been short-changed by society's molding of them into miniature women.) Even a lot of the shoes sport high heels! Simply put, there are no clothes for little girls. So it is not surprising that we find most girls in the US dressed in styles which do not suit them and which also contribute to them being harassed by boys and later (as they grow older) by men. Though it is widely acknowledged by society that the early years are the formative years, it is strange that so little attention is paid to how young girls dress. After all, it is a well-known fact that many women suffer from low self-esteem and other problems related to body image. This is not something which suddenly occurs once a woman reaches maturity: most likely it has been taking place since girlhood as she learned that sex appeal is synonymous with popularity. Having attended public school in the US since the age of four, I have witnessed this phenomena firsthand and can say with certainty that such roles are learned just as soon as boys and girls come together in one environment, whether children are capable of understanding that or not. As women raising children to be modest adults, we must take extra care to dress our young daughters accordingly. They should, in my opinion, be dressed modestly in long, loose-fitting clothes. They should also wear pants under their dresses because girls at this age play a lot (doing cartwheels, rolling around on the ground, etc.), and they should have the freedom to do all that without the embarrassment of having their undergarments exposed.

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Voddie Baucham on Dating

You Should Wear Skirts or Dresses To Church by MInTheGap

If you were going to have an audience with the President of the United States, how would you dress?  Would casual attire or torn blue jeans be considered appropriate, or would you at least dress in office work attire or better?

If you answered the latter, then there’s this question:  Why is it that when you go to corporately worship the King of all Kings in a place designated for worship that you would wear anything less.

I mean, a few of our former Presidents believed that they shouldn’t even be in the Oval Office without a coat and tie, how can we enter into His official presence without dressing up.

THERE’S ALWAYS BEEN A DRESS CODE

After Adam and Eve had sinned, they found that they were naked, and were ashamed.  They decided to make clothing for themselves to cover their nakedness.  When God appeared, He determined that there clothing was not good enough, and made clothing out of animal skin for them.

When God gave instructions to Moses on constructing the Temple, His instructions not only came with details about the dimensions of the building, it came with instructions on how the priest and how the high priest should dress!

Multiple times in Scripture we see God talk about clothing– that He takes care to provide clothing and clothes the fields, that renting clothing is something done to register blasphemy, that seeing someone unclothed is a sin, etc.

So God has always had a dress code.

To read in full, please go to http://isthismodest.com/2011/04/29/you-should-wear-skirts-or-dresses-to-church/