Skirts: my thoughts and why I wear them

 

So I'm guessing if you are reading this, you've heard all the possible reasons that people wear skirts. Modesty, humility, to please God, and so on and so forth. Now I want to say right now: I am not judging anyone who chooses to wear them for those reasons, nor am I judging you for not wearing them. When I started this blog over a year and a half ago, I did a post on wearing skirts. The above reasons were my reasons for wearing skirts. My Mom wears pants, my sisters wear pants. If I'm doing something that absolutely requires them, I wear them (for example: sledding, airplane riding, and hiking through thickets ;). Usually I wear a tunic shirt with it, and I feel comfortable enough to wear them for the time I need them. Am I opposed to them? Not at all! Some ladies love wearing jeans! Most of my friends feel comfortable in them and look perfectly lovely! I just choose to wear skirts. Now you may ask, why do you wear them, then?

My original reasons were modesty, humility, "feeling right", femininity, and I wanted to be like them. The super awesome people that homeschooled and wore skirts. If you think about it, that's a really lame lame lame reason! Recently I was thinking about it and I asked myself, why do I wear them? I thought about it, and couldn't figure it out! So I gave it more thought, and here is the reason.
I wear them simply because they are my clothes. 
Yes they are modest, yes they are feminine, but I wear them simply because they are my clothes. I have several cute skirts (like my birthday one, above) and I love wearing them! They are comfy, pretty, and fun to wear! I would never judge you for wearing jeans, and I would never judge you for wearing skirts. Those are the clothes you have!

Tomorrow I'm going to share with you some things I've learned about wearing skirts.

30 Days of Love: 10

Ephesians 4:2

Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.

Be humble with your speech, do not boast about what you're doing but listen to what they are doing. Be gentle and patient when you spend time together. And remember, just show your love.

C.K.H.G.P.F.L. Part 2

How did you do with the challenge I gave you?

Remember this challenge?

How did you do?

Be honest with your self, don't chalk it up to "I was tired." or "I was sick." BE HONEST.

I think since I have been doing this over the past almost 4 months that I have improved vastly on these items.  God is at work! :~)

How about you?

C.K.H.G.P.F.L. - Colossians 3:12-14

Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility,gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity. Colossians 3:12-14

If you have read my blog, you will get the inkling that I am a bit of a fashionata, it is a weakness I must confess. 

What if you take your clothes and view them as virtues?

I'm going to give you a 2 week challenge. 

For the next 2 weeks, "put on" each of the aforementioned virtues. Compassion, Kindness, Humility, Gentleness, Patience, Forgiveness, & Love. Be honest with your self if you fail. If you are like me, you strive to the very best to be more like God.

	Compassion	Kindness	Humility	Gentleness	Patience	Forgiveness	Love
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Total

For each that you nail, place a check mark, if you fail cross it off for the day. If you aren't sure, you can go for 1/2.

At the end of the 2 weeks tally your scores and see how you did. Be honest with your self, don't chalk it up to "I was tired." or "I was sick." BE HONEST.

When it gets hard, pray, pray, pray. And when you're done reflect on the 2 weeks to see how God worked in you.

In 2 weeks I'll check up on you!

2 Corinthians 8:11
 Now finish the work, so that your eager willingness to do it may be matched by your completion of it, according to your means.