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I beseech ye therefore brethern by the mercies of God that you present your bodies a living sacrifice holy and acceptable unto God, and be not conformed to this world but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God! Romans.12:1,2
Mom's have you ever become frustrated when shopping with your daughters lately?I have. 3 years ago it started when my daughter was in the older girl sizes. When we went shopping we first hit the big bargain stores, as that is what we could afford. I ended up writing a letter of complaint about the store ( Walmart ) claiming to be a family oriented store and having such immodest clothing for children to wear.
I had recently become convicted that I should be not wearing slacks myself as a matter of testimoney for My Lord and also because of modesty. My dh wanted me to keep available for Ruth Ann modest play clothes and not just put her in dresses or jumpers. The adjustment for me was quite easy, but for a very active little girls it was not. On any given day she can be found climbing trees, riding her bike, running a foot race with brother Ben or a sundry of other outside activities.
Summer came and the shopping experience was very discouraging..First thing we were hit with was the belly button shirts, then the very short, shorts for play and also the low cut pants and painted on jeans. Next we were confronted with the backless and see through shirts. I promptly went to a fabric store and bought fabric and this started our quest for modest girls clothing. It was partially a fashion change, but it was also an awakening of our senses as to what was available for little girls to wear.
I still have a very active girl, although at age nine she is going into larger sizes and starting to change physically. So, the quest is even greater. Thus I started making many different styles of dresses or skirts and tops, jumpers and matching pantaloons. She still wears pants to play outside,especially in cold weather, but they are getting harder and harder to find. The only way we have been able to purchase things in the last few years has been online through modest websights or in used stores.
Last week before she went to camp I did find a few almost knee length cullote/ shorts that were not tight and matching tops, but they are hard to find. RuthAnn is wearing girls 12s, but when I buy something I get 14s so they are not tight. Then she has to have a belt or they fall down off her hips.
A couple of weeks ago, a cousin went shopping with her young teen daughter and her comment was, why are all the clothes so immodest. There solution is to add a sleeveless top underneath tops or dresses to raise the necklines, but they are still allowing the tight jeans. I believe it won't be long and this will be a problem for them too, as they are struggling with being convicted about her clothing as she matures into a young women.
It is a very hard thing, to be of the world, but not in the world as we face our daily decisions of how to dress to serve our Lord. Thanksfully right now for boys the shorts are below the knees and a sleeveless shirt for sports is really a shirt with just the sleeves removed and hemmed. SO for us modesty in Boys is not as hard, but for girls it is a continuing problem and one we have to prayerfully take on each time we need another size for our daughters or a new outfit for our selves.
Serving Joyfully at Home, Cindy Hostetler |
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