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Post by sargassosea on Nov 4, 2009 19:01:11 GMT -5
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Post by whatkindofwoman on Nov 4, 2009 20:53:17 GMT -5
...sigh.
Okay.
I felt like such a bad and judgmental Christian for so many years, because I didn't want to wear what I called "tent dresses".
Worse, I felt like such a lukewarm and vain Christian for so many years, because I didn't want to go Quiverfull and basically need to live in "tent dresses".
Worst, I avoided praying to God at all...because I didn't want to talk to Him about any of this! (afraid of what He would say)
I didn't want to follow Jesus Christ if it meant wearing tent dresses.
"Tent Dresses"--"Potato Sacks"--played a big role in keeping me away from Christ.
...forget that Jesus never said, "if any one wishes to be my disciple, she must wear potato sacks..."
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Post by redheadedskeptic on Nov 4, 2009 21:47:04 GMT -5
"hefty bags of cotton"
HAHA, LOVE it! ;D
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Post by anatheist on Nov 7, 2009 1:27:05 GMT -5
LOL- I know what you mean about having some attraction to the softness of old clothes, but then seeing them on yourself... realizing that you're wearing a sack.
I had a few old long shapeless skirts from my time in a Christian school with a "modest" dress code (no pants for women). They still fit... why not still wear them... maybe there was some way they could be modernized? So I took a picture and showed it to some secular female friends. And you know what they said- they said that I looked like Michele Dugger! (Along with some- oh hell noes!) But it was kind of an ugly wake-up too, because I had still kind of been in denial about just how much I stuck out from "normal" women in those skirts. It's weird to say that looking like everyone else is a way to be yourself, but isn't it a relief to not have to stick out anymore?
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