Of course upon reading this question above, the first thing that comes to mind is the Proverbs 31 woman and then the verses in Titus that also talk about how a woman or wife should act inside and outside the home.

But what does a real woman of God look like???

 Does she have long hair in a bun with a head covering, or is my hair ok with God??? (I have shorter hair, straightened by the grace of a straightening iron, and it has highlights adn lowlights.......gettting my hair done every 6 weeks is my luxury right now.) 

Perhaps she wears different clothing than others??? A Godly woman could wear a skirt or dress covering herself down to the ground, or a pair of dress pants or jeans.  She might be seen in a pair of shorts, or a swimming suit that does not cover her thighs.  Could she be wearing a bikini???  A polka dotted bikini???

Does she eat the same things you and I do??? Does she eat meat, eggs adn fish??? Does she eat only Biblical foods, or does she eat from the white sins (A Seventh Day Adventest told me once that there were 3 white sins: white flour, white sugar, and I can't remember...LOL), or eat of shrimp and other sea creatures the Bible tells not to eat?

Does she walk like the other humans or does she hold her head an inch higher than ther others, knowing she is better than the rest.  Better than the norm.

Is she full of Joy, Peace, Laughter, Love and Forgiveness???  Or is she full of convictions for others, judgment for all, laughter only when it contains gossip, and forgetfulness for her responsibilities instead of forgiveness?

Unfortunately, some here in blog world, and some out there in the real world think there is a cookie cutter shape to cut out of a Woman of God.    Evidentially some think that you MUST homeschool, and you MUST wear skirts and dresses, wear your hair long and you MUST have your heads covered.

As someone commented on my earlier blog, I don't think God will great us at the pearly gates saying, why did you wear jeans??? His concern is not the length of your hair or the foods you eat.  No His concerns are not the makeup or no makeup or whether we have our toes showing in church (I had a teacher who didn't want any students wearing sandasls to school because it was disruptive to other students.  The truth was he had an icky foot fetish.  He thinks feet are gross. LOL).  His concerns deal with the heart.  His concerns deal with witnessing to His children, spreading the word, being a good deciple, letting the world know Who He is and What he stood for.

Judging someone else by what they wear, telling them they sin for not wearing skirts or dresses kinda reminds me of Hitler.  Blonde hair and Blue eyes go to jail.  Why??? Because you are called Jewish.  Why?  Because Hitler was a judgmental man who NEEDED JESUS!!!  

I am not the cookie cutter version of a Woman of God.  But I am one none the less.  I am a Child of God.  I wear blue jeans and color my hair!  *SHOCK*  I wear flipflops and show off my toes and ankles too!!!  *the horror of it*  I have never wore a headcovering in my life (Okay, that's a lie.  I have a picture of me with a big doiley on my head when I was small....does that count?)  I have "plaited my hair adn adorned it with jewels" MANY TIMES!  You know what plaiting is don't you??? Braiding!!!  Back in the 80's (showing my age huh) it was actually popular!  LOL  And I eat shrimp and hooves animals too!  I love my meat! LOL 

Let us not judge one another as we would NOT want them to judge us.  I love wearing skirts and feeling pretty adn don't condemn those of you who wear them full time either.  But I love me a pair of worn in pair of comfy soft blue jeans.  The ones with holes in the knees are the best aren't they???  I have been known to wear a pair of my favorite wing tipped Doc Martins out and when I was in middle school (again, those darn 80's) the rage here was to wear your father's dress shirts and dress ties with blue jeans!  I did that many times (with long curly hair .....dont' worry you could still tell I was a woman.)

I think all of the verses in the Bible are correct for their time.  This is 2008, and I think God understands better than we think the reasons we wear different clothing and eat different foods.  Those verses were mostly from the OLD testament Law chapters anyway.  We have since been delivered from the law.

Anyway........my soapbox is going away for good on this subject now.  I just realized after reading some comments on the last blog of mine about blue jeans that I had more to say.

As my friend would say, Why can't we all just love each other and GET ALONG!!!!

I love everyone here.....skirt wearing, blue jean wearing, making your own yogurt and soap children of God!!!  Homeschooling, goat raising, making your own period pads (ok....that one is still a little weird for me.  I love ya, but I just aint gonna join ya ok?? ), furniture polish making mothers and wives.  I love ya all.......thanks for accepting me for who I am!!!

God's Blessings,

Amy Jo