Modesty - Our Heart and HomeOur Heart and Home

Have you seen the event going on over at Happily Domestic? This whole event is focusing on the topic of modesty. This is a subject that is very dear to my heart. You can read a couple of posts that I have written for the event, as well as enter to win some great modest clothing. So, head on over there and check out the posts and maybe meet some new friends that can encourage you in you walk toward modesty.

1 Timothy 2:9-10

⁹likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire, ¹⁰but with what is proper for women who profess godliness—with good works.

Modesty is so much more than just long skirts and hair. It doesn’t just effect our dress, it effects our attitudes, our home, and our hobbies. It is an attitude of the heart that is to be embraced fully and enjoyed with the blessing of your husband. For, my family modesty might mean something totally different than it does for your family. And we should all encourage each other in our convictions no matter how different they might look. As Godly women we are called to help each other, to teach each other, and to pray for one another. But sadly, we are often harder on each other than anyone el³

Titus 2:3-5

Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good. ⁴Then they can urge the younger women to love their husbands and children, ⁵to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God.

What does modesty mean to you and your family?

1 Timothy 2:9-10

9 likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire, 10 but with what is proper for women who profess godliness—with good works.

Titus 2:3-5

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⁹likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire, ¹⁰but with what is proper for women who profess godliness—with good works.