Friends (who home educate),
(I suspect that this post will bring up "an unpopular topic"
to some, but may clarify, for others, something that many, or
most, of us, as parents, must make decisions about, for our
own children)
I have a series of questions I'm pondering. You may wish to
ponder them along with me. (that is up to you)
Parents who are convicted to home educate their children often
end up getting their children involved in local-area sports associations,
or forming "homeschool sports teams." (or they let their children
join already-formed "homeschool" teams)
My question is: When we were convicted to home educate our
children, looking at the benefits in the lives of those (from England,
France, Germany, and other countries, as well as from the U.S.A.)
whom we know as famous inventors, scientists, doctors, and medical
missionaries, as well as others, who became presidents in the U.S., and
legislators, ... and ministers of The Gospel, besides other worthy
professions, ... why, then, would we later find that we felt the heritage
of The Lord (our children are called that, in the Psalms, especially, by
David) should be directed to participate in a form of worldliness that
includes playing sports, week after week?
These "teams" do require practices, so that they can "win."
The practices do take families away from more spiritual activities,
that The Lord Yeshua haMashiach (Jesus Christ), did command
us to participate in (to do), such as soul winning, helping the poor
and widows, and helping the fatherless.
Is "involvement in team sports" an effort, through us, as parents,
to look for a positive way to provide some beneficial exercise for
our children's growing bodies? Are there not enough "chores to
do at home" for some good, physical exercise? Maybe our children
could be volunteering to rake leaves, or sweep a porch and walkway,
or driveway, of an elderly person, who lives very near, ... who "needs"
the help. The list of possible ways our children could be "getting
some good exercise" abound!
Should we let the children "learn" (consider themselves to be a part of)
the ways of thinking that are a regular part of the lives of the unsaved, by
"doing what they do?" Don't take offense. This is an honest question.
Your grandparents, or our great-grandparents, did not "all" have sports
on their minds, when they were growing up, even in the city. They did
chores, they worked at home, or for others, near their family's home,
and ... they "did" get plenty of exercise, unless they purposefully avoided
doing that. It's a choice, like so many things in life on earth.
If God calls us to be "separate" and not regularly associate with those
who "live" in "darkness," then why would we, as God-fearing parents,
want to allow our children to do this? (with local-area childrens'
sports associations, who offer "teams" the children can "play" on)
Are there not any families (near enough to where each of us live) who
will regularly "get together" for a simple (no special preparations that
would need to be made, or set up), and friendly game of some sport
that the families could enjoy "playing" together?
This has been thought about, and written about before, by others, but
am wondering if anyone who happens to stumble upon this blog has
thought deeply about this. That's, by the way, not an insult, but just a
question. Have we all thought "deeply" about this, before? Really?
Just wondering......
Perhaps there are a few families "out there (in America, I mean; but
anywhere, where home-educating families live)" who have pondered
this topic, and have determined that they will think very seriously
about this, in the future, and will make wise choices for their children,
regarding any participation in "organized sports teams."
Personally, we have had quite a challenge finding other home-educating
families who are willing to get together, regularly, to play a "friendly
game" of most any sport that they like to play, with more than one
other person. (who is a true believer) Not for competition, but for
fellowship, and for the enjoyment of the more physically-active members
of each family.
We are to live a "set-apart" life that pleases God. It does not mean
we don't do anything with anyone else, ever. It means we are to live
at a standard, spiritually, that is "higher" than the world's standard,
for things such as sports. Honestly, there were no official sports
that so many great men and women participated in "on a team"
back in the 1600s, and 1700s, and 1800s, and 1900s. So, why do
parents now think that their "home-educated" children "need"
a sports team to join?
Does getting our children 'signed up' to play on an "organized team"
truly benefit them, or the family, in their relationship (that they are
growing in) with The Lord, ...
with all the costs involved in that, and the schedules that often make
life "rather hard" for those who have babies in arms, or young
toddlers, ... or ... others who would like to do something they enjoy,
but these "other members" of the family cannot pursue "those other,"
worthwhile pursuits, because "the family" is, each week, or every
few weeks, at "the game" that one, or two, of the family's children
are "playing at" *with their team.* (ouch!)
Is anyone else concerned about this? I continue to see others
pursuing trying to get their home-taught children onto local
public-school sports teams, just because the parents are already
paying property taxes which support the local school district's
pursuits of any kind, but including sports that the local school
participates in.
By the way, what year did "sports teams" first become a
"regular part" of the public school system? Do you all know?
There are many, many years, in America (the USA) in which
men and women were found attending public schools where
The Bible was taught, each day, and ... there were no "sports
teams." Just some food for thought.
We are to live in moderation, doing things that give God glory.
We are to pursue peace with other believers.
We are to dwell among others "in agape love," which is "love
in action" but according to God's Ways and not our ways, as
humans. His Ways are higher than our ways. His Thoughts
are higher than our thoughts.
Am just thinking.
I know you are, too.
God bless you all in all you do for God's glory!!
... am hoping to share some links to information about the
lives of those who are known worldwide, but whose lives
did not include them playing on "sports teams" regularly
as part of their overall educational program ... of the "school"
they attended.
... and by the way, in my earlier years of life, yes, I actually
did run sprint races on foot, and played tennis, and ... swam
whenever I could (but not on a team), water-skiied (Dad
had a boat), and ..., in my 30s, learned to snow ski, and
much more. But do these things have to be done "on a team?"
Can we not consider these "sometimes events" when we get
to take time out, after our other responsibilities are as
fulfilled as can fulfill them, ... and "rest" (?) by playing some
physical game, that's not unhealthy or wicked, ... with others
who are believers? ... just for some enjoyment, out of doors?
... or, in the case of ping pong, or carpet ball, we can "play"
indoors.
Let's provoke one another unto good works.
Our young people are actually inspired to get together, and
join in a voluntary effort to rake leaves in an elderly neighbor's
yard! Or help them with laundry or dishwashing, or simple
meal preparations, when an elderly neighbor, or church
member, is ill and needs help with this.
Do we want to work in cooperation with The Lord to develop
"a servant's heart" in our own children?
If not, then why did we choose to home educate them?
The kind of "work" I mention, with regard to helping an
elderly person "does" involve physical effort. But, the
spiritual aspect, of taking the opportunity to do something
that blesses the other person, is worth more than gold to
our young people's hearts and souls!
... keep thinking .....
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Monday, November 16, 2009
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Are the Clintons & the man in The White House "anti-Constitutional"? "socialists"?!
If you have kept up with news, lately, from reliable sources (online), you may want to be aware of a source some may overlook, at times, called Accuracy in Media. This website offers some informative articles we may do well to pay close attention to. Am just hoping that anyone reading this will be informed (inform themselves, that is). That's all. Please remain watchful.
http://www.aim.org/aim-column/obama-sells-u.s.-to-china-inc/
The enemy of The Almighty God does not want God's true believers, His children, to "know" his devices, which attempt to keep everyone ignorant about what he is "trying to do" behind closed doors, which will do us damage, or do damage to our children.
Years ago, H. Clinton, who is now the U.S. Secretary of State, I am ashamed to have to admit, ... though it's only a temporary position, before she moves on to something she hopes will bring her even more power, in days to come, ... she went to China (a coward working in such a plan?) to try to "get the ball rollling" for a treaty that would, later, be known as "the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child." Last time I checked, children, in God's Word, were those who only had any rights given to them by their Creator, but who would be totally unwise to assume any rights which either offend their Creator or those who have the responsibility to report to Him (God Almighty, Who made everyone and everything in the universe, and knows them all completely) about how those children are doing, in all areas of their lives, in all aspects of their growth in good character.
Well, this woman is again "at it." She is over there, in China, as I type this, to try to "beg them" for money to "cover" our national debt. Why? Only God knows, ... and H.C., as well as some of her communist friends.
This woman needs prayer! She needs God's Mighty Hand of mercy, and our Father in Heaven to arrange some significant activities or experiences for her, in order to get the work He wants done in her life, and through her life. He may allow this woman to die alone, and with no hope. She already looks quite ill, maybe not getting enough sleep, and ... having to wear far too much make-up, which does not cover up how her eyes look, or how she has aged, since the 1990s, when she was the "other" Pres.'s wife, or shall we say, when "he" was "the Pres.'s husband."
She may be deceived, but we've all been there, at some time in our lives. Let's keep her in our prayers, because she may never live to see the end of all the work she's been hopin' to do, for years! She may ... only see the end to any rights of any of her future grandchildren, that is, if her daughter decides to do the unthinkable, and actually marry some man, ... and ... let him ruin her life, as BHO claims, by enabling her to experience what motherhood is like. I realize H.C. had a mom, who may have loved her. But she, like most of us, must have had some disappointing years in her life, ... which have led her, now, to the point of selling her future grandchildren, ... for " a mess of pottage," "down the pipe" as some would say, or "to the boss man" ...as in the days of the coal mine owners, who "owned" all the stores in the small towns where the coal mines were near to. Those poor, hard-laboring mine workers ... only had hope that they might live long enough to earn enough money to pay the coal mine owner until their mortgage was paid off. Many did not. They died in the mines! (which were not built as safely as they might have, otherwise, been built, and they collapsed, killing many hundreds of mine workers.
If H.C., and BHO, and N.P., and some others, would seriously think with some good, old, American logic, they could easily figure out that they are ruining the future of life in America, ... for their grandchildren! Why? Selfishness? Greed? Anger toward those in America who genuinely, lovingly and dedicatedly worship and believe in The One and Only, True God, The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, Whose Son, Yeshua haMeshiach (Jesus Christ), came to earth, lived as a man, suffered, died and was buried, and arose on the third day, overcoming death, and sin, and now He sits at the Right Hand of God the Father Almighty, the I AM... ? He rules and reigns over all! The earth is His footstool! He has the keys of death and hell! He holds all things in His Hands! He is El Elyon, YHWH Sabaoth, ... and the Ancient of Days, The Prince of Peace, The King of kings and The Lord of lords! There is none other!
If H.C., and her cohorts, and colleagues, think for one moment that God does not have plans for them, now and after they die (or are destroyed by some person who does not like them), these people are surely deceived. ... they are deceived by the enemy of God, and their enemy, who has destruction of their eternal souls "in his plans." He wants to see them "go down with the ship" of hell, of pride, of selfishness, and greed, hatred, lying, bitterness toward God, and ... more. However, our Father in Heaven has good plans for these people, if only they would surrender control over their own lives to The Only One Who understands them, their hearts, their deep desires, their plans, and knows their thoughts, long before the people are thinking them, or planning them, or hoping for them. He has Compassion He offers even these people, but will they accept His free gift? His free offer? Will they listen to His Voice, of Gentle Kindness, Loving Care, and His nourishing, uplifting Shalom Peace and Joy, and His Genuine Love that overpowers evil (it's no contest!)?
Will these people "wake up" in time, before it is too late for them? I could list them all, but if you have been keeping up with news, via the World Net Daily, or The John Birch Society, or One News Now, or CBNnews, or the Jerusalem Post, or Israel National News, or Olive Tree Ministries (Jan Markell), or any of several other helpful sources of information, you should be able to "know" who the folks are, who are trying their hardest to completely change how our country is "run," where the funding for their plans "comes from," and "what" they plan to do about true believers, their Christian children, how they will be educated (in the near future), where "believers" will be allowed to worship, or talk in public, about "their faith," and whether or not, soon, true believers will be allowed to "work," travel, ... or pass out free Gospel tracts.
So, ... are you on the red list, the blue list, or the yellow list? ... just something mentioned by a former CIA employee. So, should I be checking my local area to see how close I love to a FEMA detention center?
Rather than feeling alarmed by the many reports of these places, and the idea of a red, or blue, or yellow, list, ... that exists, according to some who claim these do exist, ... I'd rather (not ignore the fact that these do exist, because I've seen pictures of them, taken around 1999 and since then) praise The Mighty Name of The Lord of all, my Redeemer, my Lord, and King, Yeshua heMeshiach (Jesus Christ)! I'd rather choose, daily, to put my trust in The One Who made all things, Who knows my future, and Who holds my future in His Hands, because I belong to Him, because of my belief in His Son, Yeshua the Messiah!
I trusted Him long ago, with my life, and though I have failed Him, more often than I wish I had, ... He has never failed me, nor forsaken me, nor done anything worthy of any disrespectful complaint I've lodged before Him, in prayer, or when frustrated over earthly conditions of life, that just don't seem to make sense (to us people), sometimes. But He still has everything under His proper "control!" He still has us in the Palm of His Hand! He is still protecting us, though we may, at times, feel like we are in danger! He still has a way (His best Way) to take care of us ... even when we see things in our country "falling apart." (truly or seemingly)
... from Psalm 46: 2-3 ... "Therefore will not we fear (we won't fear, Dear Lord!!), though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah." Psalm 46: 4-5, 7-11 "There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of The Most High (El Elyon). God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early." "The Lord of hosts (YHWH Sabaoth) is with us; The God of Jacob is our Refuge. Selah.
Come, behold the works of The Lord (YHWH), what desolations He hath made in the earth.
He maketh wars to cease unto the ends of the earth; He breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder (apart); He burneth the chariot in the fire.
Be still, and know that I Am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
The Lord of hosts (YHWH Sabaoth) is with us; The God of Jacob is our Refuge. Selah."
Psalm 122: 6 "Pray for the Peace of Yerushalayim (Jerusalem): they shall prosper that love thee."
Genesis 12: 2-3 (YHWH said unto Avram / Abram, before He changed his name to Avraham / Abraham) "And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed."
http://www.aim.org/aim-column/obama-sells-u.s.-to-china-inc/
The enemy of The Almighty God does not want God's true believers, His children, to "know" his devices, which attempt to keep everyone ignorant about what he is "trying to do" behind closed doors, which will do us damage, or do damage to our children.
Years ago, H. Clinton, who is now the U.S. Secretary of State, I am ashamed to have to admit, ... though it's only a temporary position, before she moves on to something she hopes will bring her even more power, in days to come, ... she went to China (a coward working in such a plan?) to try to "get the ball rollling" for a treaty that would, later, be known as "the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child." Last time I checked, children, in God's Word, were those who only had any rights given to them by their Creator, but who would be totally unwise to assume any rights which either offend their Creator or those who have the responsibility to report to Him (God Almighty, Who made everyone and everything in the universe, and knows them all completely) about how those children are doing, in all areas of their lives, in all aspects of their growth in good character.
Well, this woman is again "at it." She is over there, in China, as I type this, to try to "beg them" for money to "cover" our national debt. Why? Only God knows, ... and H.C., as well as some of her communist friends.
This woman needs prayer! She needs God's Mighty Hand of mercy, and our Father in Heaven to arrange some significant activities or experiences for her, in order to get the work He wants done in her life, and through her life. He may allow this woman to die alone, and with no hope. She already looks quite ill, maybe not getting enough sleep, and ... having to wear far too much make-up, which does not cover up how her eyes look, or how she has aged, since the 1990s, when she was the "other" Pres.'s wife, or shall we say, when "he" was "the Pres.'s husband."
She may be deceived, but we've all been there, at some time in our lives. Let's keep her in our prayers, because she may never live to see the end of all the work she's been hopin' to do, for years! She may ... only see the end to any rights of any of her future grandchildren, that is, if her daughter decides to do the unthinkable, and actually marry some man, ... and ... let him ruin her life, as BHO claims, by enabling her to experience what motherhood is like. I realize H.C. had a mom, who may have loved her. But she, like most of us, must have had some disappointing years in her life, ... which have led her, now, to the point of selling her future grandchildren, ... for " a mess of pottage," "down the pipe" as some would say, or "to the boss man" ...as in the days of the coal mine owners, who "owned" all the stores in the small towns where the coal mines were near to. Those poor, hard-laboring mine workers ... only had hope that they might live long enough to earn enough money to pay the coal mine owner until their mortgage was paid off. Many did not. They died in the mines! (which were not built as safely as they might have, otherwise, been built, and they collapsed, killing many hundreds of mine workers.
If H.C., and BHO, and N.P., and some others, would seriously think with some good, old, American logic, they could easily figure out that they are ruining the future of life in America, ... for their grandchildren! Why? Selfishness? Greed? Anger toward those in America who genuinely, lovingly and dedicatedly worship and believe in The One and Only, True God, The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, Whose Son, Yeshua haMeshiach (Jesus Christ), came to earth, lived as a man, suffered, died and was buried, and arose on the third day, overcoming death, and sin, and now He sits at the Right Hand of God the Father Almighty, the I AM... ? He rules and reigns over all! The earth is His footstool! He has the keys of death and hell! He holds all things in His Hands! He is El Elyon, YHWH Sabaoth, ... and the Ancient of Days, The Prince of Peace, The King of kings and The Lord of lords! There is none other!
If H.C., and her cohorts, and colleagues, think for one moment that God does not have plans for them, now and after they die (or are destroyed by some person who does not like them), these people are surely deceived. ... they are deceived by the enemy of God, and their enemy, who has destruction of their eternal souls "in his plans." He wants to see them "go down with the ship" of hell, of pride, of selfishness, and greed, hatred, lying, bitterness toward God, and ... more. However, our Father in Heaven has good plans for these people, if only they would surrender control over their own lives to The Only One Who understands them, their hearts, their deep desires, their plans, and knows their thoughts, long before the people are thinking them, or planning them, or hoping for them. He has Compassion He offers even these people, but will they accept His free gift? His free offer? Will they listen to His Voice, of Gentle Kindness, Loving Care, and His nourishing, uplifting Shalom Peace and Joy, and His Genuine Love that overpowers evil (it's no contest!)?
Will these people "wake up" in time, before it is too late for them? I could list them all, but if you have been keeping up with news, via the World Net Daily, or The John Birch Society, or One News Now, or CBNnews, or the Jerusalem Post, or Israel National News, or Olive Tree Ministries (Jan Markell), or any of several other helpful sources of information, you should be able to "know" who the folks are, who are trying their hardest to completely change how our country is "run," where the funding for their plans "comes from," and "what" they plan to do about true believers, their Christian children, how they will be educated (in the near future), where "believers" will be allowed to worship, or talk in public, about "their faith," and whether or not, soon, true believers will be allowed to "work," travel, ... or pass out free Gospel tracts.
So, ... are you on the red list, the blue list, or the yellow list? ... just something mentioned by a former CIA employee. So, should I be checking my local area to see how close I love to a FEMA detention center?
Rather than feeling alarmed by the many reports of these places, and the idea of a red, or blue, or yellow, list, ... that exists, according to some who claim these do exist, ... I'd rather (not ignore the fact that these do exist, because I've seen pictures of them, taken around 1999 and since then) praise The Mighty Name of The Lord of all, my Redeemer, my Lord, and King, Yeshua heMeshiach (Jesus Christ)! I'd rather choose, daily, to put my trust in The One Who made all things, Who knows my future, and Who holds my future in His Hands, because I belong to Him, because of my belief in His Son, Yeshua the Messiah!
I trusted Him long ago, with my life, and though I have failed Him, more often than I wish I had, ... He has never failed me, nor forsaken me, nor done anything worthy of any disrespectful complaint I've lodged before Him, in prayer, or when frustrated over earthly conditions of life, that just don't seem to make sense (to us people), sometimes. But He still has everything under His proper "control!" He still has us in the Palm of His Hand! He is still protecting us, though we may, at times, feel like we are in danger! He still has a way (His best Way) to take care of us ... even when we see things in our country "falling apart." (truly or seemingly)
... from Psalm 46: 2-3 ... "Therefore will not we fear (we won't fear, Dear Lord!!), though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah." Psalm 46: 4-5, 7-11 "There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of The Most High (El Elyon). God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early." "The Lord of hosts (YHWH Sabaoth) is with us; The God of Jacob is our Refuge. Selah.
Come, behold the works of The Lord (YHWH), what desolations He hath made in the earth.
He maketh wars to cease unto the ends of the earth; He breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder (apart); He burneth the chariot in the fire.
Be still, and know that I Am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
The Lord of hosts (YHWH Sabaoth) is with us; The God of Jacob is our Refuge. Selah."
Psalm 122: 6 "Pray for the Peace of Yerushalayim (Jerusalem): they shall prosper that love thee."
Genesis 12: 2-3 (YHWH said unto Avram / Abram, before He changed his name to Avraham / Abraham) "And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed."
Monday, January 21, 2008
Modest Clothing Links ...from Jan. 8, 2008, & Feb. 1, 2008
Below are some great links to sites that have "modest clothing" information or products. It was shared on "A Quiet Heart Journal," not long ago (a now-deleted blog I used to write on). Hope you can find a link to a site you will recommend to someone you know and care about, who may be having a rough time of finding retail clothing stores that offer "modest" clothing, in the truest sense of that "term."
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Jan. 8, 2008
Modest Clothing Links
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Is He yours?
Jeremiah 33: 3 John 15: 4-5, 7-12, 14-17
I Corinthians 13 Ephesians 1: 15-21 and 2: 1-10
and 3: 14, 16-21 Colossians 1: 9-14
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As you can see below, there are quite a few "modest clothing" links, as shared from the Biblical Womanhood website of Crystal Paine, shown below. !!! She has done a great job gathering them, and I asked her if it was okay to share them with you. Please visit her site at: http://www.biblicalwomanhood.com/modestclothing.htm And leave her a note of "thanks" to let her know that you do appreciate all the work she did, to pull this list together!
I will add some, in a separate post, but these are so good; it is hard to add to them. I do have some more saved, elsewhere. So ... hope to look through those, check them against this list, and will then "post" those, for you all.
Dressing *modestly* (that "term" must be defined more specifically), is what our Lord wants us to do, both men and women. Each of us has acquired a specific viewpoint, due to various things in both our upbringing, and our spiritual convictions our Father God has added to what we learned while growing up. I will include my own definition of clothing oneself modestly, in a separate post.
Many of us were raised by parents who, for some reason, moved into the realm of what many of us would now call "a secular worldview" of life, and of how we should live. I was raised that way. They were raised right, I have discovered (according to those I asked, of their sisters). At least, as well as it appears they could have been, in their various farming families. Though I do not know enough specifics to be able to figure out just "when" and "how" my parents came to their own, very different conclusions, of how they should dress, what kind of music they should listen to, and what kinds of more modern ways (and goals) of life they should strive to achieve or follow, I do see, in retrospect, that they must have rejected some standards and values their own parents had taught each of them.
I can only find that each of my parents were interested in the way "others" did things, ... others who were outside their own family's sphere of influence and love, and outside of the Biblical teaching they were given by their parents (some of whom were born before 1880!). They were very interested in "modern conveniences," partly due to the many "new" items that began to be produced, in the U.S., during their growing-up years ... in the 1920s and 1930s. There were so many things, and if one were to listen closely to the advertisements, and believe anything said in them, then one might ... if one did not already have a close and serious spiritual relationship with God and with His Son, our Lord Jesus Christ ... be deceived into thinking that, to be happy, one should at least "try" some of these "new" products. I use this as one example of the influence of one's culture on what one may come to accept, over time, through indoctrination of sorts. (if I may say it that way; it came through advertising, magazines, newspapers, movies & in the 1950s, through tv)
Knowing that at least one of my parents grew up in a large family of 13, which also was not middle class, but would be considered rather poor, I can only imagine that this one may have figured that, to be happy in life, one must strive to "overcome being poor." I know that one of them worked, when it was not truly necessary, but to "get ahead." They both chose to work hard, in their early married life, which did work for them, as far as they seemed to understand. And I am not saying that 'hard work' is wrong or bad. I only mean that I do wonder if it was truly necessary for my own Mom to work outside the home, while my sister and I were still quite young. Was there a real need, financially, for her to do that? Or was it her or my Dad's desire for "more," or to not end up "in a bad financial situation," due to them watching their own parents go through the Great Depression in the U.S.?
They were taught some "worldly" ways of thinking, after they "had grown up" and were not living near their parents. You must understand, though, that when my parents married, they were both over 34 years old. That does make a difference. They did not meet while one of them, or both, was living with their own parents, at their family's home! They had both been out working, and in different places from their parents' state of residence, for a number of years, before they got married. They had received some strong influences from the world, before they met. My Dad had served in the military, in at least part of two wars, before they met, so in his life, this also influenced his thinking. They both, as adults, listened regularly to music that is worldly, and builds up the human flesh, more than it builds up the believer's spirit. God designed music to be used to glorify His Name and to be used while worshipping Him (The Lord Almighty, The God of Israel).
But, as I have learned from many who are wiser than I am about finances, and about living for God first, I now know that several of the principles my parents lived by, and that they used to try to "get ahead" (so as to be enabled, when older, to live on a cash basis), ... and to live "very comfortably" ... were not Biblical. They were taught, I suspect, some time before or during the 1950s or 1960s, that using credit cards and "taking out loans" to make large purchases would build "good credit." They were told that this would be quite desirable, to help in buying a nice home, etc., etc. Most of us who are married have heard these words!
But have we been taught that this is against what God teaches all through Proverbs, and elsewhere in His Word? Hasn't God gone even further to teach us, in His Word there, that we should also not sign or make a promise to co-sign any "note" (made by a borrower, to pay back one who lends to him), to pay the debt owed, in case the borrower, somehow, cannot do it, later? We are forbidden to do this. We are also forbidden to borrow, ourselves. That is a hard concept to "not fall into the trap of," when one is newly married, and many expenses seem to come up so quickly.
So, credit and debt, we are told by our Lord and God, is not desirable at all. It only makes us a slave to the one who lent us the money, ... if he has not given it to us freely, without any expectation to be repaid. In that case, it would be a "gift." But that is not what my parents were learning from the world. They were learning that it is okay to go into "some debt," .... A mortgage, perhaps? But can that be called "some" debt? That's quite a large amount of money to try to pay back, very quickly! More about this, later.
About the "Modest Clothing Links" :
Dressing modestly will be the subject of my next post here. It is so important, that I can tell you from personal experience, in my years of life before age 20, and even in my life experience -- through observation of young people within the past 10 years and less -- that one only "asks for" and "gets" much trouble, from not listening to God's Holy Spirit's urgings or promptings, about clothing oneself with enough of our body covered to not, in any way, cause any man, young or old, to think immoral or lustful thoughts.
We are responsible for how we are seen, in the eyes of any man! Yes, they are wrong to allow their eyes to dwell on how any woman or young lady looks. But why are they looking at the woman / lady that way? Because she is probably not dressed in a way that truly pleases God, her Father, The One Whose temple she is (as a true believer in The Lord).
As you see, I mention here that she is a temple of God, of His Holy Spirit. So, you see I am referring to ladies, young and older, who would call themselves true believers. Not those who are in darkness. Why would they (true believers in The Lord), of all women, dress in a way that would be called provocative or that would excite a man's senses or hormones? Why would a follower of our Lord Jesus Christ dress in a way that would make Him (The Lord God) ashamed to see her? ... in a way that He would say makes her look like a prostitute? ... like the 'heathen'?
Some may say: It is quite hard, these days, to find clothing that looks as modest as we moms would like our daughters to wear! Yes, I do understand! But have we put it to prayer? Is our heavenly Father able to meet that need? Does He want to protect our daughters in this way, from "danger"? If it is so "difficult" to find modest clothing, then how important is it that our daughters not be approached by a man who has immoral thoughts in his mind, because of how she is dressed?
Do we realize that some have been raped, or nearly raped (a man who thinks for a while, willingly, about what his mind leads him to think about, due to how a young lady is dressed, "has" raped her, in his mind and heart, as Yeshua -- Jesus -- has taught us), honestly, due to being dressed, day after day, in a way that causes young men who daily see them, to have such a hard struggle overcoming their own lustful desires for immorality, that the young men can hardly hold themselves back from doing what even they know is wrong? What is it worth, to us as moms and as dads, to work along with God, to protect our daughters from such awful memories, that satan wishes to use to try to plague them for the rest of their lives, possibly?
How do I know this is truly an important issue? Because of the lack of high-enough dress-code standards at the junior high / middle school and the high school, where I attended, for six years. Because of my parents' misunderstanding of the results, in my generation, of my dressing in a way that is (as I now know) Biblically wrong and does not give honor and glory to God. It was quite worldly! And provocative! Because even my own church family did not hold us young ladies accountable for how we dressed, while at youth activities, either !
Because of our own parents' lack of knowledge about what God's Word taught, ... through some lack of spiritual understanding on their part, maybe along with their choice not to daily walk as closely alongside Jesus as they could have, if they had had the desire to, ... I was tempted to do things I should have realized were dangerous, morally. Because, though I did not realize how much "in danger" I was, I did not honestly realize what I was doing wrong. Should have. Did not like being looked at so much by young men whom I thought were just being so "rude" or immature.
No one taught me what I was doing, which was causing them to say what they were saying to me, in passing. I had no idea what problems I was causing! And I was supposed to be a young believer! I had, just before this, surrendered my life to The Lord Jesus Christ, trusting in Him as my Lord & Savior! This did not set a good example as one who wanted to protect Jesus' reputation, in the eyes of those who were unsaved!
I was so blind, spiritually, back then!! I wish I had been mentored, spiritually, by someone who feared God as I now do, someone who took God very seriously! But God knew all of that would happen. He knew those who were teaching me also lacked knowledge, sufficient knowledge, to help all of us (back then) as young ladies, to do what we should have done, to give God glory, in how we clothed ourselves. And, yet, He also knew He would teach me, over time, what was right in His sight. ! And He would want me to pass on to others what He has taught me ... not as a "legalistic reaction" to what happened in my life after age 12, but a more spiritual, "Christian worldview," of God's perspective, in wisdom, on how we should clothe our bodies.
It actually "frees us" to live for Him, and concentrate on doing more effective "good work" for His Kingdom, when we are not pursuing a lifestyle or worldview that keeps us locked in to a corrupting system of thought, that only leads to disaster and destruction of what "matters." In other words, "clothing ourselves modestly" actually frees us! If we dress "like the world" urges us to, then we are actually "bound" to a belief system the devil (the deceiver) has been promoting for years.
I will share with you more about that, in a separate post. You can find many other believing ladies and moms who have shared about this topic online, and in books. I hope to share more links to the sites the Lord has led me to (later), on the subject of clothing our bodies modestly, to please the Lord, and not ourselves. ~ blog owner's notes ~
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The Modest Clothing Links below can be found, by you, at the site link here
Jeremiah 33: 3 John 15: 4-5, 7-12, 14-17
I Corinthians 13 Ephesians 1: 15-21 and 2: 1-10
and 3: 14, 16-21 Colossians 1: 9-14
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As you can see below, there are quite a few "modest clothing" links, as shared from the Biblical Womanhood website of Crystal Paine, shown below. !!! She has done a great job gathering them, and I asked her if it was okay to share them with you. Please visit her site at: http://www.biblicalwomanhood.com/modestclothing.htm And leave her a note of "thanks" to let her know that you do appreciate all the work she did, to pull this list together!
I will add some, in a separate post, but these are so good; it is hard to add to them. I do have some more saved, elsewhere. So ... hope to look through those, check them against this list, and will then "post" those, for you all.
Dressing *modestly* (that "term" must be defined more specifically), is what our Lord wants us to do, both men and women. Each of us has acquired a specific viewpoint, due to various things in both our upbringing, and our spiritual convictions our Father God has added to what we learned while growing up. I will include my own definition of clothing oneself modestly, in a separate post.
Many of us were raised by parents who, for some reason, moved into the realm of what many of us would now call "a secular worldview" of life, and of how we should live. I was raised that way. They were raised right, I have discovered (according to those I asked, of their sisters). At least, as well as it appears they could have been, in their various farming families. Though I do not know enough specifics to be able to figure out just "when" and "how" my parents came to their own, very different conclusions, of how they should dress, what kind of music they should listen to, and what kinds of more modern ways (and goals) of life they should strive to achieve or follow, I do see, in retrospect, that they must have rejected some standards and values their own parents had taught each of them.
I can only find that each of my parents were interested in the way "others" did things, ... others who were outside their own family's sphere of influence and love, and outside of the Biblical teaching they were given by their parents (some of whom were born before 1880!). They were very interested in "modern conveniences," partly due to the many "new" items that began to be produced, in the U.S., during their growing-up years ... in the 1920s and 1930s. There were so many things, and if one were to listen closely to the advertisements, and believe anything said in them, then one might ... if one did not already have a close and serious spiritual relationship with God and with His Son, our Lord Jesus Christ ... be deceived into thinking that, to be happy, one should at least "try" some of these "new" products. I use this as one example of the influence of one's culture on what one may come to accept, over time, through indoctrination of sorts. (if I may say it that way; it came through advertising, magazines, newspapers, movies & in the 1950s, through tv)
Knowing that at least one of my parents grew up in a large family of 13, which also was not middle class, but would be considered rather poor, I can only imagine that this one may have figured that, to be happy in life, one must strive to "overcome being poor." I know that one of them worked, when it was not truly necessary, but to "get ahead." They both chose to work hard, in their early married life, which did work for them, as far as they seemed to understand. And I am not saying that 'hard work' is wrong or bad. I only mean that I do wonder if it was truly necessary for my own Mom to work outside the home, while my sister and I were still quite young. Was there a real need, financially, for her to do that? Or was it her or my Dad's desire for "more," or to not end up "in a bad financial situation," due to them watching their own parents go through the Great Depression in the U.S.?
They were taught some "worldly" ways of thinking, after they "had grown up" and were not living near their parents. You must understand, though, that when my parents married, they were both over 34 years old. That does make a difference. They did not meet while one of them, or both, was living with their own parents, at their family's home! They had both been out working, and in different places from their parents' state of residence, for a number of years, before they got married. They had received some strong influences from the world, before they met. My Dad had served in the military, in at least part of two wars, before they met, so in his life, this also influenced his thinking. They both, as adults, listened regularly to music that is worldly, and builds up the human flesh, more than it builds up the believer's spirit. God designed music to be used to glorify His Name and to be used while worshipping Him (The Lord Almighty, The God of Israel).
But, as I have learned from many who are wiser than I am about finances, and about living for God first, I now know that several of the principles my parents lived by, and that they used to try to "get ahead" (so as to be enabled, when older, to live on a cash basis), ... and to live "very comfortably" ... were not Biblical. They were taught, I suspect, some time before or during the 1950s or 1960s, that using credit cards and "taking out loans" to make large purchases would build "good credit." They were told that this would be quite desirable, to help in buying a nice home, etc., etc. Most of us who are married have heard these words!
But have we been taught that this is against what God teaches all through Proverbs, and elsewhere in His Word? Hasn't God gone even further to teach us, in His Word there, that we should also not sign or make a promise to co-sign any "note" (made by a borrower, to pay back one who lends to him), to pay the debt owed, in case the borrower, somehow, cannot do it, later? We are forbidden to do this. We are also forbidden to borrow, ourselves. That is a hard concept to "not fall into the trap of," when one is newly married, and many expenses seem to come up so quickly.
So, credit and debt, we are told by our Lord and God, is not desirable at all. It only makes us a slave to the one who lent us the money, ... if he has not given it to us freely, without any expectation to be repaid. In that case, it would be a "gift." But that is not what my parents were learning from the world. They were learning that it is okay to go into "some debt," .... A mortgage, perhaps? But can that be called "some" debt? That's quite a large amount of money to try to pay back, very quickly! More about this, later.
About the "Modest Clothing Links" :
Dressing modestly will be the subject of my next post here. It is so important, that I can tell you from personal experience, in my years of life before age 20, and even in my life experience -- through observation of young people within the past 10 years and less -- that one only "asks for" and "gets" much trouble, from not listening to God's Holy Spirit's urgings or promptings, about clothing oneself with enough of our body covered to not, in any way, cause any man, young or old, to think immoral or lustful thoughts.
We are responsible for how we are seen, in the eyes of any man! Yes, they are wrong to allow their eyes to dwell on how any woman or young lady looks. But why are they looking at the woman / lady that way? Because she is probably not dressed in a way that truly pleases God, her Father, The One Whose temple she is (as a true believer in The Lord).
As you see, I mention here that she is a temple of God, of His Holy Spirit. So, you see I am referring to ladies, young and older, who would call themselves true believers. Not those who are in darkness. Why would they (true believers in The Lord), of all women, dress in a way that would be called provocative or that would excite a man's senses or hormones? Why would a follower of our Lord Jesus Christ dress in a way that would make Him (The Lord God) ashamed to see her? ... in a way that He would say makes her look like a prostitute? ... like the 'heathen'?
Some may say: It is quite hard, these days, to find clothing that looks as modest as we moms would like our daughters to wear! Yes, I do understand! But have we put it to prayer? Is our heavenly Father able to meet that need? Does He want to protect our daughters in this way, from "danger"? If it is so "difficult" to find modest clothing, then how important is it that our daughters not be approached by a man who has immoral thoughts in his mind, because of how she is dressed?
Do we realize that some have been raped, or nearly raped (a man who thinks for a while, willingly, about what his mind leads him to think about, due to how a young lady is dressed, "has" raped her, in his mind and heart, as Yeshua -- Jesus -- has taught us), honestly, due to being dressed, day after day, in a way that causes young men who daily see them, to have such a hard struggle overcoming their own lustful desires for immorality, that the young men can hardly hold themselves back from doing what even they know is wrong? What is it worth, to us as moms and as dads, to work along with God, to protect our daughters from such awful memories, that satan wishes to use to try to plague them for the rest of their lives, possibly?
How do I know this is truly an important issue? Because of the lack of high-enough dress-code standards at the junior high / middle school and the high school, where I attended, for six years. Because of my parents' misunderstanding of the results, in my generation, of my dressing in a way that is (as I now know) Biblically wrong and does not give honor and glory to God. It was quite worldly! And provocative! Because even my own church family did not hold us young ladies accountable for how we dressed, while at youth activities, either !
Because of our own parents' lack of knowledge about what God's Word taught, ... through some lack of spiritual understanding on their part, maybe along with their choice not to daily walk as closely alongside Jesus as they could have, if they had had the desire to, ... I was tempted to do things I should have realized were dangerous, morally. Because, though I did not realize how much "in danger" I was, I did not honestly realize what I was doing wrong. Should have. Did not like being looked at so much by young men whom I thought were just being so "rude" or immature.
No one taught me what I was doing, which was causing them to say what they were saying to me, in passing. I had no idea what problems I was causing! And I was supposed to be a young believer! I had, just before this, surrendered my life to The Lord Jesus Christ, trusting in Him as my Lord & Savior! This did not set a good example as one who wanted to protect Jesus' reputation, in the eyes of those who were unsaved!
I was so blind, spiritually, back then!! I wish I had been mentored, spiritually, by someone who feared God as I now do, someone who took God very seriously! But God knew all of that would happen. He knew those who were teaching me also lacked knowledge, sufficient knowledge, to help all of us (back then) as young ladies, to do what we should have done, to give God glory, in how we clothed ourselves. And, yet, He also knew He would teach me, over time, what was right in His sight. ! And He would want me to pass on to others what He has taught me ... not as a "legalistic reaction" to what happened in my life after age 12, but a more spiritual, "Christian worldview," of God's perspective, in wisdom, on how we should clothe our bodies.
It actually "frees us" to live for Him, and concentrate on doing more effective "good work" for His Kingdom, when we are not pursuing a lifestyle or worldview that keeps us locked in to a corrupting system of thought, that only leads to disaster and destruction of what "matters." In other words, "clothing ourselves modestly" actually frees us! If we dress "like the world" urges us to, then we are actually "bound" to a belief system the devil (the deceiver) has been promoting for years.
I will share with you more about that, in a separate post. You can find many other believing ladies and moms who have shared about this topic online, and in books. I hope to share more links to the sites the Lord has led me to (later), on the subject of clothing our bodies modestly, to please the Lord, and not ourselves. ~ blog owner's notes ~
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The Modest Clothing Links below can be found, by you, at the site link here
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* NOTE added January 31, 2008: This blog owner does not endorse every image, every clothing style, or how every model used to demonstrate how clothing looks on a real person, used by the owners of any of the ministries or companies that Crystal Paine originally listed, in the list of links below.
* I have removed several of the links she had, due to at least one company contacting me, which alerted me to the lack of understanding of what is a true soul (heart) attitude of Biblical modesty, in the clothing styles and designs for ladies' clothing offered on at least one of the sites.
* Thanks to those whose actions God uses to work in us to remind us that we must be very careful what we have on our blogs, as "sites" we say we want you to "go to" for finding truly modest clothing you may be looking for, to purchase! ( aagh!! )
* I will have to be much more careful, next time, before listing websites others have approved of! God holds each of us responsible for the good or evil we "cause" in the lives of others, who trust us to show wisdom and Godly discernment in all we do.
* God my Father in Heaven (as January changes over to February) now has me studying more about the history of clothing and the specifics that The Lord YHWH God taught in His Word, that give His children particular direction and knowledge about what pleases Him, about how they clothe their bodies. He does give us specific information, but we must dig, study, and do enough research to know assuredly what our Creator wants us to know, in order to honor Him and bring glory to His Holy Name, by properly (and in the attitude Yeshua demonstrated) and sufficiently covering our bodies, the temples (now) of His Ruach ha Kodesh, The Holy Spirit.
And He teaches each of us at our own level of understanding, so whatever I share only reflects what level of understanding I am at, right now. It does not mean I think I am further along than anyone. Am just "where" I am at. I can't know more than I know. But He is continuing to teach me more, week by week, day by day.
* In my next "post" related to this topic, you can look for some thoughts I'll share with you on "what we should think about as we consider how to clothe our bodies, the temples of the Holy Spirit," that is, if we are true believers in the Lord Yeshua the Messiah (the Lord Jesus Christ). They include some questions we can ask ourselves, about who has the right to choose the kind of clothing they wear, even as adults, but also as young ladies who live with our parents. These thoughts will include how our thoughts affect us and lead us to make choices we can ask God to guide us in. (or not) Please, ladies, seek God's advice (counsel)!
* I do hope the links below will lead you to sites you can find "truly modest" clothing designs on, for sewing garments you wish to wear, or for buying ready-made or custom-sewn garments, that you can use to reflect the Light of the glory of God, through your face, and body, and life. Our inner attitude, however, is what our dear Lord is looking at. He looks at our heart attitude.
* Our clothing should draw attention only to our faces, ladies! Our faces are designed to cause others to think about God, our Creator and Redeemer, whose Light should shine through our faces. (our countenance)
If you are a believer, you may remember the story of the first martyr, Stephen, whose face looked like that of an angel (the book of {The} Acts {of the Apostles} 6: 15), even to his false accusers, who had him stoned to death.
If our clothing does not do this, then where are the eyes of those around us directed to look, on our bodies? You can learn more in the next post on this blog.
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* NOTE added January 31, 2008: This blog owner does not endorse every image, every clothing style, or how every model used to demonstrate how clothing looks on a real person, used by the owners of any of the ministries or companies that Crystal Paine originally listed, in the list of links below.
* I have removed several of the links she had, due to at least one company contacting me, which alerted me to the lack of understanding of what is a true soul (heart) attitude of Biblical modesty, in the clothing styles and designs for ladies' clothing offered on at least one of the sites.
* Thanks to those whose actions God uses to work in us to remind us that we must be very careful what we have on our blogs, as "sites" we say we want you to "go to" for finding truly modest clothing you may be looking for, to purchase! ( aagh!! )
* I will have to be much more careful, next time, before listing websites others have approved of! God holds each of us responsible for the good or evil we "cause" in the lives of others, who trust us to show wisdom and Godly discernment in all we do.
* God my Father in Heaven (as January changes over to February) now has me studying more about the history of clothing and the specifics that The Lord YHWH God taught in His Word, that give His children particular direction and knowledge about what pleases Him, about how they clothe their bodies. He does give us specific information, but we must dig, study, and do enough research to know assuredly what our Creator wants us to know, in order to honor Him and bring glory to His Holy Name, by properly (and in the attitude Yeshua demonstrated) and sufficiently covering our bodies, the temples (now) of His Ruach ha Kodesh, The Holy Spirit.
And He teaches each of us at our own level of understanding, so whatever I share only reflects what level of understanding I am at, right now. It does not mean I think I am further along than anyone. Am just "where" I am at. I can't know more than I know. But He is continuing to teach me more, week by week, day by day.
* In my next "post" related to this topic, you can look for some thoughts I'll share with you on "what we should think about as we consider how to clothe our bodies, the temples of the Holy Spirit," that is, if we are true believers in the Lord Yeshua the Messiah (the Lord Jesus Christ). They include some questions we can ask ourselves, about who has the right to choose the kind of clothing they wear, even as adults, but also as young ladies who live with our parents. These thoughts will include how our thoughts affect us and lead us to make choices we can ask God to guide us in. (or not) Please, ladies, seek God's advice (counsel)!
* I do hope the links below will lead you to sites you can find "truly modest" clothing designs on, for sewing garments you wish to wear, or for buying ready-made or custom-sewn garments, that you can use to reflect the Light of the glory of God, through your face, and body, and life. Our inner attitude, however, is what our dear Lord is looking at. He looks at our heart attitude.
* Our clothing should draw attention only to our faces, ladies! Our faces are designed to cause others to think about God, our Creator and Redeemer, whose Light should shine through our faces. (our countenance)
If you are a believer, you may remember the story of the first martyr, Stephen, whose face looked like that of an angel (the book of {The} Acts {of the Apostles} 6: 15), even to his false accusers, who had him stoned to death.
If our clothing does not do this, then where are the eyes of those around us directed to look, on our bodies? You can learn more in the next post on this blog.
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Modest Clothing Links:
www.FashionablyModestPatterns.com - Modest and fashionable patterns. Including a signature swimwear pattern for girls and ladies.
www.NewCreationApparel.com - Women’s apparel, classic but modest, quality fabrics, exquisite tailoring, reasonably priced, 100% satisfaction guarantee.
www.SierraBrooke.com - New and used women's clothing that is classic, modest, and affordable.
www.ModestApparelUsa.com - A wide selection of beautiful dresses and more - ladies, girls, maternity, nursing wear, and more.
www.TheKingsDaughters.com - Custom-made, high quality clothing for women, girls, babies, and little boys.
Fashionable Designs for Today's Ladies - Seamstress who has come highly recommended to me. Lovely patterns.
The Rabbit Hutch - Thrift store treasures, homemade creations, and more - all very reasonably priced.
www.DressingForHisGlory.com - Skirts, culottes, skorts, swimwear.
www.ForModesty.com - Nice selection of fashionably modest clothing.
www.CozyCollectionsInc.com - Good selection of skirts.
www.WorksoftheHeart.com - Modest clothing and fabrics.
www.TaylorsScarletThread.com - Beautiful dresses and high quality work. I have personally received four of their products and been very impressed. - Crystal
www.MadewithTLC.com - Modest clothing, heirloom items, formal attire, and more!
www.SimplyModest.com - Casual to formal, all priced $9.99 or under!
www.PracticallyPrettyDesign.com - Gorgeous feminine dresses for little girls.
www.LittleTouchofElegance.com -Very lovely things which are modest and not "frumpy." Skirts, blouses, maternity wear, a girl's swimsuit and more!
www.LiliesApparel.com - Modest clothing and modest bathing suits.
www.Daddys-Little-Princess.com - Modest clothing, prairie dresses, nightgowns, and more.
Biblical Garden Clothing Collection
www.ModestHandmaidens.com - Custom-made, ready-made, and gently used modest clothing. Patterns and fabric also available. Very nice selection and well-laid-out website.
www.7SistersSewing.com - Custom-made clothing for ladies and girls by, you guessed it, seven sisters. Bloomers, maternity wear, quilts, and aprons, too.
www.SeamsLikeYesterday.us - Maternity wear and baby things.
Modest Slips at Gehmans Country Fabrics - modest slips for ladies, teens, girls and toddlers
www.JumpinBloomers.com - Jumpers, bloomers, aprons, nightgowns, and more.
Handmade by Cole - Bloomers and more.
Plainly Dressed - Amish and Mennonite clothing
AdornedWithModesty.com -Used modest clothing
www.PaulinaCarmel.com - Comfort, style, modesty.
Modest Swimwear:
Check out our modest swimwear pattern here.
www.DressingForHisGlory.com - Skirts, culottes, skorts, swimwear.
Swimwear Solutions - Modest swimwear pattern and ready-mades.
Patterns and Fabric:
www.Sensibility.com - Modest, authentic, period patterns available for women and girls.
www.CommonSensePatterns.com - Large selection of modest patterns.
www.CandleontheHill.net - Large selection of patterns, cloth diapers, homemaking and crafting books, and more.
www.BakerLane.com - Patterns for mothers.
Embroidery Treasures - Fabric, quilting notions, embroidery supplies, and more!
www.GehmansCountryFabrics.com
www.PaisleyPincushion.com - Dress and apron patterns.
www.WorksoftheHeart.com - Modest clothing and fabrics.
www.VintageSewing.info
-- "Vintage Sewing Reference Library, Inc. offers free online access to public domain sewing books."
Other Companies Which Often Have Modest Selections:
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