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“What do you do when you can see through anything?”

Clark Kent asked his mom as he looked through a wall with his x-ray vision. This was on SMALLVILLE, so you may not have seen it.   The reply his mother gave, I thought, was very wise. “You learn to close your eyes,” was her simple answer.   I have felt for a couple days that I should write a post about the subject of Modesty and learning to close your eyes, heart, and mind to the evil of the world. Mother  has posted 2 posts about Swimwear & Modesty and such, which is probably why I’ve been thinking about this. Also SuperAngel  was reading the bible to us last night, and the verse she was reading struck me funny.

Isaiah 6: 9-10… “Then I (Isaiah) said, “Here am I! Send me” And He said, “Go, and tell this people: Keep on hearing, but do not understand; keep on seeing, but do not perceive. Make the heart of this people dull, and their ears heavy, and shut their eyes: Lest they see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and return and be healed.”  

This verse is very well spoken, in my opinion. The Lord is saying, Keep your heart closed to my Word and do not hear with your ears, but when you are ready to come back to me and you want to see with your eyes and open your heart, the Lord will be ready to heal you; and he will, over and over and over.   But lets talk about Isaiah. He said, “Here I am, Lord send me!” Now, if you are wondering what my point is, I’ll tell you. When you can do anything or see anything, and in our world today of free thinkers, we as Americans think it is ok to NOT close our eyes. Especially Christians.  

Let me give you my definition of a Christian: In today’s world, a Christian is someone who believes in Jesus as their savior but fails to live TOTALLY biblically. They do what’s right to a point, but when it comes to dressing modestly, their schooling choices, church and other such things they discard what they know to be true. Some people don’t know, and they are deceived, but, they should know, because, Bibles are readily available, even at the local Wal-Mart.        On the subject of HSing… I have often heard this phrase used: “My children are being a witness in their school.” People often say this when confronted with the idea of HSing. We, of course, don’t bring the subject up unless it pertains to us but people often feel the need to defend themselves, anyway. I 100% disagree with PS and will NEVER put my children in it. I enjoy teaching young children and it will be a great joy when I have own.  

So, “What do you do when you can see through anything?” As a believer and as a biblical young lady, I find this very disturbing to see Christians knowing they should close their eyes but don’t. I see girls running around in 2 potato chips and a Band-Aid, as Mom recently heard. Movies and cars, girlfriends and boyfriends are things that Christian young adults just need to close their eyes about. Why is it that a parent can’t protect their son or daughter about dating and hold them accountable? Why can we not be totally apart from the world? The Lord did not say, “You are in the world so blend in as best as you can.” No, He said, “You are in the world NOT of the world.”

I don’t date (Never have never will).I saw where another blogger posted a requirement list for her daughter's future husband. I don’t dress immodestly (I always have a skirt on that goes well below my knees – not tight- and only wear long t-shirts at home. In fact, I am too embarrassed to wear anything that would show skin. I have never been able to wear a shirt if it did not come to the middle of my backside. Another thing about being modest is we all of us women in our family have long hair. Having short hair would make me look like a boy and unfeminine so, and I don’t watch every movie that comes out.  Mom and Dad preview it first to make sure it is appropriate. I don’t need to see everything in movies. The more I’m away from those things the less I know. To close this post I would like to ask everyone to stop by Mom’s; and read up on her posts. I am open to comments, but please no open debates. I thought I would post a little list of requirements for my future husband. Overall I will do what He says but I think it would be good for me to check these things out first.

  1. The young man needs to ask my father for permission to court or see me.

2. He has to be a biblical believer and know the Lord. He should have a role of leadership.

3. HSing would be another issues, because I would like to home educate my children and I think it is important.

4. We would have to agree about the way to raise children, such as spanking and discipline. The number of children will also be discussed.

5. Eating habits, sleep times (Because I am not an earlier riser unless I have to be. I am a night owl… LOL ).

6. I don’t want in-laws like Ray Ramon’s…

7. I am attracted to brown, curly hair, so if the Lord could grant that wish, I would be grateful.

This is just a few. I’m sure I will add more.

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Sunday, May 11, 2008 - Just a comment

Posted by Anonymous

Dear Jocelyn

I certainetly enjoyed reading your post and I thought that it was very thought provoking. But I must disagre with you on the subject of hair length. I have medium short hair (it goes to about halway down my neck) and I don´t feel unfeminine at all. Of course, hair which is shorter than one´s ears is unfeminine but I kindly wanted to point out that one can be short haired and still be feminine :-)

Have a blessed day-Anna

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