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Originally Posted by MarieA27
To me, a lot of these standards aren't sin in and of itself, but the reason why you would want to do such and such a thing.
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EXACTLY. They are not a sin. And the reason a person would want to do them? To look nice. Wanting to look nice is also not a sin.
So...what's the problem?
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Originally Posted by *AQuietPlace*
Mrsnt - I know E.X.A.C.T.L.Y. what you are going through and how you feel. I went through the exact same thing.
It's not as easy as - 'oh, following the standards is no big deal, so just do it, even if you don't agree'. Not at all. It goes so much deeper than that. I struggled with it all for so long that I began to feel like I was going insane. I also slipped into a very deep depression.
P.M. me if you'd like to talk privately. I can share my journey with you.
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That would be so wonderful! I'm beginning to think that I'm all alone in the world...it's so nice to know I'm not!
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Originally Posted by Sasha
It took me longer than that. In fact, the change was in my heart long before it showed on the outside.
It took a while for me to stop focusing on the women wearing pants on the platform and put my eyes on Jesus. All my life I'd been taught to judge people by how they looked, and it's hard to change that kind of thinking very quick. I still struggle, I admit.
I do watch in awe now at people who love God in spite of what they are wearing. God doesn't care, why should I?
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That's where I'm at now. The change is definitely happening in my heart, and I don't see anything the same now. It's so freeing not to have to judge people by how they look!
Even if you're not trying to judge a person by how they look, it's almost impossible not to when you're taught, for example, that a woman must wear only skirts. So if I saw a woman in pants, I subconsciously judged that that woman must not be saved, or must not be truly in love with Jesus, or else surely she would get the "revelation" that I had.
Ya know? Maybe yall don't have that same problem...
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