Beautiful is Dissimilar from Flirt
”Iba ang maganda sa malandi”. (beautiful is dissimilar from flirt). This was straight from Kuya Daniel’s mouth during last Saturday’s thanksgiving to God. Kuya is again in his usual way of delivering meant jokes. He again reached our funny bones, Hahaha! He`was referring to those girls who wear unmodest clothes. He was highlighting on the difference of a lady really being beautiful, and a female who choose clothes for the purpose of just getting attention from men.
Kidding aside, this is really serious. Women these days are very much into wearing horribly revealing clothes. For the commandment of our creator –our GOD- this is a deliberate offense. Bible says in 1Timothy 2:9, “In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;”. . Hence, women species should be dressed up in reserved manner.
Let us get first into the root cause of why women wear revealing clothes. Forthrightly, the bottomline is, these women seek attention. I myself can attest to this because i belong to the female species and I once feel the same way. Women feel flattered when men look at them with lust. Sad but true. Im sure that there would be would be foolish feminines that wants to oppose and shield their side. Well, let me state their most probable defenses: 1) they just feel comfortable on such clothes, and 2) they just set in with the latest fashion. 3.) and some brutally frank gals will straightly say that they really wanted to be noticed by the opposite sex. On the third reason- well, I am expecting that many females out there will strongly disagree and might even have violent reactions. No matter how you explain and and how good you reason out, sorry but that is the truth and you cant shake it. Even the bible supports this reality. Let us read in Jeremias 4:30 “And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life. “
One more thing, it is funny that some of those who wear lusty clothes are not even ready to have their sensitive body parts to be stared at! I remember one time, i was on a train ride. The sleeping girl sitting beside me was wearing a plunging neckline blouse.She was already very unconcious on how she is positioned. Her boobs was exposed and the man standing in front of her was silently staring! When she suddenly woke up, she got mad upon catching the man looking at her breasts. Though in reality, its 100% her fault, in my opinion. Why would she wear such cloth when she know for a fact that the shape of her boobs was so noticeable aside from the very low neckline of the blouse. Maybe, she got mad when she had this feeling that she was disrespected by the man.
As what Bro. Eli is constantly reminding us, men in nature have very wild imagination, and this simple but very careless and irresponsible act of females can cause serious costs. To add one more thing on this men’s “creative and cinematic” imagination, my friend brought another friend to our office. This guy was so jolly that he already get along with us so fast. He was once telling us that he is very fond of collecting pictures of sexy cartoon characters such as Lara Croft and others that i cant remember the names anymore. He was bragging to us that he posts it inside his bedroom because he was imagining before he sleep. Wow! I already consider it extreme. I am telling this only to emphasize that men are really like this. Seeing sexy ladies in compromising outfits-even in cartooned form!- can arouse the fancy of every man- and then, another sin starts. Rape cases, infidelity and even some crimes can be blamed to this. Why not save that for your husband. He is the only one who deserves (and has the right) to see your physical beauty. And for the singles, it is better to keep it reserved until such time that your dream guy comes along. You would probably make him proud that you are really kept for him. Of course men want their partners to look great, but looking great doesnt mean you have to show some skin. And one thing more, you also save those lustiful eyes and minds to commit sin. It is true that God has given mankind the gift of free-will but as being said in Romans 13:14, “But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.”
Beautiful but not lustyOn the other hand, being looked upon is really a nice feeling. But let yourselves be admired and looked upon because God’s beauty manifests in you. The beauty from within is what counts. Written in 1Timothy 2:10, But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.Dont worry gals, you will not regret following what is right. God has reserved something very special for those that will abide His commandments. As He promised in Galatians 6:9 “And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.”
Don’t be mad. I tell these things because of love.Just sharing my thoughts. To learn more on these, please see: http://esoriano.wordpress.com/2007/05/27/135/ . Bro Eli will definitely explain it deeper.
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My Letter to my God
Dear Lord,
For many unspeakable gifts You have given, I thank You so much.
In my entire life, You have given me a lot. Even things I did not hope for. You have given me good husband, good family and good friends; even good lessons and good examples that I have to follow. You have made me experience heartaches amidst circumstances that others might not be able to accept with a smile. And from these pains, a learned- a lot.
For the last few days, I was again seriously thinking of going back to my hometown. For some personal reasons, that is. Truly, “personal interest and gain” is more appropriate to use. I already have my blueprint on what I really intend to do with my life when I reach home. For the past year, I planned trice of flying back home to Philippines. As a matter of fact, everything was ready. I have my tickets, my itinerary to places I want to visit with loved ones, and many more. I carefully planned on how to rebuild what I have started then because that was I in fact what I really wanted to do. However, due to peculiar and comical instances, all did not push though. This is more strange, on all of those three unsuccessful attempts, I did not feel any bitterness, or whatever unpleasant feeling. As a Christian I have to know that whatever the reasons were, You have crafted better plans for me.
Staying from where I am now is the best place for me. I am here because you want me to be HERE. Thanks that you whispered and reminded me again that life is not all about achieving my ambitions; that life is not about conquering the world; that life is not about possessing many material things. Lord, i can clearly remember how you brought me here, and how you made things easy for me. I never imagined myself living in a foreign land, and really never wanted to. However, I am here now, Thy will had happened no matter how hard I tried to swim against it. I am happy that every time I design my way, You straighten my path.
Before I end my “Thank You Letter” for you, I have one thing to ask again, if it is not too much for me to do so. Please help me until the end. Eating with you in your supper delights me, but I cannot stay even for a second, if you leave me alone. I submit myself to you.
Your worthless servant,
me
Thanks to You, Modern Technology (In Tagalog: Salamat Sayo, Makabagong Teknolohiya)
Im so fascinated and addicted with writing lately, though i know I am not as good as everyone else out there who can write a artistic-and-creative-flowery-worded articles. It has given me a feeling of completeness, that I am able to share my faith with those that i dont even know, using the power of internet. And because i got this itchy hands and twisted-brain who wants to blog wherever and whenever possible, i tried searching for iPhone applications that can allow me to do so. And VOILA! I found one, and this is my first blog using my phone. I love you more now, my iPhone ;).
I liked iPhone before because it allows me serve my God better using this. Since I am working and married, therefore the large chunk of my time goes to them. But because of the deep passion in my heart that I have to find quality time and spend extra effort to serve my God, i joined choir, UNTV and our writers’ team. The last two teams i joined aim to let God’s goodness be spread by capitalizing on the advantages technology can offer. On these three tasks that i choose to be devoted at, my little gadget called iPhone, made my tasks a little bit easier to fulfill. Firstly, because i can load all our choir songs here. I can study our piece anytime, Anywhere. Same goes with my duty as for part of the UNTV team, i can now read emails even if I am not at the comfort of my room (or, sometimes using company computer). And now, no need to bring laptop most of the time, whew! Thats really a relief. And this last “discovery” i had, i can now blog whenever chance got in my way. It makes me feel wonderful! Thanks to new technology. For us all Christians, God gave us all these technologies so we can have wider reach in propagating His words.
By the way, dont get me wrong here. im not endorsing iPhone ;). Other netphones can be used, too. For us, God’s children- Let us maximize the use of internet, exploit its capacity to reach people around the globe. Better post things of God rather than putting non-sense chit-chats. Those expensive state-of-the art gadgets-if you are a Christian by deed- must be used to glorify our God. As what our preachers, Bro. Eli and Bro. Daniel keeps on reminding us, we are now living in near-ending times. Lets run as fast as we can! Forget things that perish, look at the bigger picture of why we work hard to glorify God- and that is to be with Him in land He Promised to bring Us. Happy international thanksgiving!
When i feel down and sad and troubled..
Songs for our Lord is my refuge. I just sing and sing and sing and sing…
I cant explain the serenity and happiness everytime i sing to glorify His unspeakable gifts.
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A morning letter to God
Dear Lord,
Thank you so much for looking over me and my loved ones last night. I love this brand new day! May you guide me all the way again. I have a lot to accomplish but without You to be with me I cant do anything properly. I submit everything to You!
With so much love, Me
Becoming Addict…
Im becoming addict in writing lately. And to keep the fire burning, i tried searching for an iPhone application that can help me write whenever and wherever i wanted. Thanks, iPhone! I never thought you’re really this great. ;)
i can now start the ball rolling.(wink)
