You are what you wear

Good afternoon y'all.      something came thru on facebook that I felt the need to share on my blog, so I copied this to share.        I hope you  feel free to do the same if you agree with this.      this is a very well-written statement.          I know several people personally who could benefit from this advice.
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I don’t have a problem with ladies showing their cleavages. I don’t lose sleep over seeing thighs, hips, or even laps out in public. I’m not on a mission to police women’s clothing.

Here’s where I draw the line, when you get angry at being addressed the same way you’ve presented yourself.

The way you dress is a silent statement. 

It speaks before you open your mouth. 

It tells the world how to see you, how to treat you, and sometimes, wrongly or rightly, how to approach you.

You can’t come out looking like an invitation and expect everyone to treat you like a locked gate.

You can’t present your body as public property and get offended when people forget it’s sacred.

Your dress is not just fabric, it’s identity.

The way you carry your body says a lot about how you see yourself. 

And unfortunately, in a world full of predators and pretense, your body language is sometimes louder than your actual words.

When you know who you are, you dress with purpose and not just for attention. 

People who know their worth don’t need to beg for validation with their body parts.

Royalties don’t go around naked. You’ll never see a queen walking into a palace with her breasts half out or her thighs exposed to the world.

Because royalty knows this truth... "I am not for show, I am for impact."

You dress for where you're going, not where you've been. You dress for the throne, not for the street.

You don’t throw diamonds in the open and expect flies to stay away.

This is not about judgment. This is about awakening.

Here’s the hard truth: If you don’t know your worth, you’ll always take advice that reduces it.

If you don’t know your identity, the world will give you a cheap version — and dress you for the part.

Let this sink deep, you are not a plate of food for flies. You are not a body begging for likes.

You are not a mannequin for fashion trends that discard dignity.

You are a woman of substance, a queen in her lane, a lady of legacy.

And queens don’t expose themselves for approval. 

They carry themselves with quiet confidence, knowing full well that the right eyes will see them not just the loud ones.

I’m not shaming you. I’m calling you higher.

I’m reminding you that dressing modestly is not a weakness, it’s awareness.

And until you know the weight of your presence, You’ll keep reducing it to skin-deep impressions.

Let your clothes speak purpose. Let your body be clothed in dignity, not desperation. Let your image reflect your identity not your insecurity.

Once you know who you are, you’ll never again need to undress to be noticed.
~Kathryn Esther Clement
 Priye Finny Nna (Team lead) The King's Daughters 
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again, I copied from something that came thru on facebook and I thought it was spot on.      this is exactly how I've always felt but didn't know how to express it.        just to be blunt,  a lot of women that dress like hookers want to call themselves Christians.       I'm sorry, but Christian women dress like they DO have a higher calling.        when you learn to do better, you do better.        early on when I was a new Christian, I learned that I needed to dress more appropriate for the calling on my life.       and for the last soon to be 50 years, I've dressed appropriate.         it blows my mind to walk in church or anywhere for that  matter, and  see dresses  cut so low, it  leaves  nothing for the imagination, because it's all out there.         not only that, but dresses so short, that you see butt cheeks when they lean over even just a little bit.         my husband sits in church with his head down, simply because he doesn't want to see all the boobs and fannies hanging out.        I'm just gonna put this out there too, that it's not fair to the men that DON'T want to see other women's body parts hanging out.         I can't answer for other men, but I know my godly husband  doesn't  appreciate  it at all.       and  I  don't want my husband to have to deal with it.         yes, he's a grown man, but he doesn't go around looking and lusting after other women.      it's not fair for decent, God loving men to be subjected to that.       so maybe we all need to think about how Daughters of Yahweh should dress.

well, there you have it, this is what was on my heart today and just wanted to share it.     blessings be ours today in the Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior.