As an aside from the many hair threads (of which even this may touch on slightly) imagine the following scenario:
A gentlemen starts coming to church and gets baptized. A few or so later he stands up and tells the rest of the congregation a little bit about himself. A few have probably already heard some details through the grape vine and began the "whisper campaign". Also assume the church is one of the more conservative Southern/Texas/West Coast ones as well.
During the mans short talk he says "And I have been doing <blank> for a living for the past <so many> years."
The <blank> could be one of the following:
Ballroom dance instructor
Hairdresser/stylist
Set designer on the Universal Studios back lot
Make-up artist for the same company Manager for local <fill in the blank> jewelry store
On air talent for local television stations news broadcast
Fashion designer
Pit boss or security manager for Ceasers Palace or the Venetian hotel or some other casino....
How long do you think the average new saint in any of the above jobs, or countless others, would have to switch professions or leave the church? <---Said somewhat TIC, but do you think that the new saint would HAVE to switch professions?
I managed a jewelry store a few years ago...yes as a UPC member. And one of our main families in our church OWNS a jewelry store! LOL! Ironic.
Hey, jewelry is downright biblical! At least based on how often rings are mentioned in a positive light.
I love jewelry. It's so pretty, sparkly and shiny.
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If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Micah 6:8 KJV
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 1 John 3:2 KJV
I love jewelry. It's so pretty, sparkly and shiny.
LOL!!! Such a GIRL!!!!!
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"God, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the tie that binds my heart to Yours."
--David Livingstone
"To see no being, not God’s or any, but you also go thither,
To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
--Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, Song of the Open Road
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If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Micah 6:8 KJV
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 1 John 3:2 KJV
I don't think so, I think it is another tribe I am descended from.
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If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Micah 6:8 KJV
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 1 John 3:2 KJV
Hey, jewelry is downright biblical! At least based on how often rings are mentioned in a positive light.
oh i agree randy. i don't wear any besides my wedding ring and occasionally another ring. personal choice...but i don't condemn those who do. the bible speaks about jewelry positively in a lot of places. most apostolics will only quote the negative references though. but most of those references in the bible have to do with the Israelites having been involved in something idolatrous and God was cleansing them by having them remove jewelry. of course we always have the Jezebel references. but you can't tell me QUEEN Esther wasn't decked out with jewelry and makeup! the king chose her out of all those women!
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