Leave Me There

For the typical Christian woman, we've listened to every speech about modesty. And we're kind of sick of hearing about it. Mostly because the typical speech about modesty includes the following reasons; you're worth more than that, you can cause men to stumble and lust. Now, these are both  correct reasons. They are all wonderful, true reasons. None of them get at the root of the issue, though. No one is telling young women (or women in general) why it is Biblical. When we instruct women to be modest for outward appearances, all we're doing is giving them a rule that they feel like they can never live up to. We don't want to follow the messages of today's society saying that we need to dress and look like this cookie-cutter idea of a woman in order to be physically desirable. On the other hand, simply reminding women to "cover-up" doesn't help either. Either way it becomes objectification because modesty is more than just appearance, it'...

Some of you may be surprised that a female is speaking on this subject. But given the number of people in my life, both male and female that struggle with this sin, I feel the need to speak on it a bit (although as mentioned on my first post, I openly acknowledge that I am not wise, and probably do not have much insight to bring). This entry exists because people need to talk about it. There's an underlying fear or hesitation to talk about it. At this point, shutting your mouth will not help anyone. I know this is a sensitive subject, but here's the deal. There is a huge problem with porn, especially in the United States, amongst females as well as males. And it has to stop.  It has a huge affect on a person's spiritual life (if you are indeed a Christian), but we'll dive into that in a minute. It literally changes your brain; it is a drug. Your heart feels the affect, too. It can and will severely damage your relationships. On non-individual scale, it increases the dem...

Beginning a blog is a pretty big step for me. What rattles around in my head is usually off limits; it's only to be a dialogue between God and I. Being vulnerable is extremely difficult and definitely not enjoyable. It scares the fire out of me. However, lately there's been so many complex thoughts they just had to pour out somewhere. I am not expecting anyone to read this, it's pretty much therapy. So if you did take a gander to this little corner of the internet, thank you. My title comes from a book called "The Valley of Vision" (read it if you get the chance, my favorite is entitled "Sleep") and is called "Man A Nothing". I laughed when I originally read the title, thinking it was "Manna Nothing". Nope. To respect copyright, I won't post the whole thing. The last smidgy-bit reads like this: "Take away my roving eye, curious ear, greedy appetite, lustful heart; Show me that none of these things     can heal a wou...