The Butterfly!

One more thought for today... I'm sure many of you love butterflies! I know I love to see them fluttering through the flowers in my yard, they are so beautiful and colorful! Did you know that their colors are not caused by pigment?? (pigment is what colors your eyes, skin and hair) The scales on a butterfly's wings don't contain this pigment, but the colors we see are a reflection of the sun light. In other words, if it were dark, we wouldn't see their color at all! Hummingbirds are the same way!

How does this apply to us? Our clothing should be a reflection of the SON Light - God's Son, Jesus! Without His light reflected in us and in our actions, we are just as dark as the rest of the world! But when we reflect Him, people see the beauty that He has created in us!

Someone is Watching!!

One of the factors that I've talked about in our modesty discussions is why do we wear certain things? to get attention? whose attention? While our main objective in clothing should not be to draw attention to ourselves, the fact remains that people notice what we wear! Maybe you've had someone stop you because of something they noticed about you? For my sister, it's her hair; for me (my hair is usually put up) it is usually my skirts and non-made-up face. Many people notice and appreciate a modest look, whether they always comment to you or not. I had on gentleman that came into where I work stop me and say "You are a beautiful lady." He was not being rude, his meaning was that he noticed that I dressed and acted like a lady and it showed. You might be surprised, as I was, at the people that notice your modest apparel and actions.

Not only are there people that notice what we look like, but what about the people that may be copying how we look? Each of us most likely has someone who looks up to us and wants to emulate (copy) our appearance or fashion sense, whether she is a sister, niece, cousin, or friend. I don't want to be one who sets a bad example for someone else, do you? You probably have those that you look up to for their fashion sense, I know I do. Maybe you have been disappointed by that person, but I hope not! And I hope and pray that we aren't a disappointment to someone else!