Your experience when you dropped "dress standards"

[bkstokes]

Originally Posted by Bro-Larry

I thought God was always trying to make life hard, in order to try me. It was hard for me to stand alone at school and be different.

Then I ran across the decision of the Apostles Council in Acts 15:28-29. I saw that the Holy Ghost was actually trying to make things easy for me. That was revelation to me. I didn't see the standards listed there in vs 29.

I have since come to understand that when you are totally and completely yielded to God, living for Him is the easiest thing you'll ever do.

From there, it was all downhill for me. You know what they say, "It's a slippery slope".

good point!

[DanielR]

Originally Posted by Pastor Poster

Oneness Woman, I find your avatar very inappropriate and offensive.

Originally Posted by CC1

Perhaps on the earlier avatar she hoped the long Pentecostal hair done in GC curls would so grab everyones attention we would not notice her other...er....ah.....attributes.

(Obviously she does not know men)

Originally Posted by Pastor Poster

She had long hair?

Who knew?

All I noiced with her previous avatar was the long hair. I thought it was a cool looking cartoon. But I'm just a liberal, so what do I know.

[Rico]

Originally Posted by DanielR

All I noiced with her previous avatar was the long hair. I thought it was a cool looking cartoon. But I'm just a liberal, so what do I know.

People see what the want to see, regardless of what they're looking at.

[DanielR]

Originally Posted by Rico

People see what the want to see, regardless of what they're looking at.

Reminds me of a man that was being shown several ink blots on paper, and was asked what he thought each one was. For every single one the man said, "A man and woman kissing" The counceler wondered why he kept seeing that in each ink blot when the man replied, "your the one with all the perverted pictures"

[Rico]

Originally Posted by DanielR

Reminds me of a man that was being shown several ink blots on paper, and was asked what he thought each one was. For every single one the man said, "A man and woman kissing" The counceler wondered why he kept seeing that in each ink blot when the man replied, "your the one with all the perverted pictures"

Originally Posted by Rico

People see what the want to see, regardless of what they're looking at.

Amen on that Bro!!!

[Cindy]

I remember my reasons, when I backslid, it came from a heart deep in rebellion against God. A teenage girl tossed into the world, led to a downward spiral that ended with me in situations that only through the grace of God I survived. Thankfully God is merciful and faithful.

[Nahum]

Originally Posted by DanielR

Reminds me of a man that was being shown several ink blots on paper, and was asked what he thought each one was. For every single one the man said, "A man and woman kissing" The counceler wondered why he kept seeing that in each ink blot when the man replied, "your the one with all the perverted pictures"

Love it!

[OnenessWoman]

Originally Posted by Oneness Man

Studying the bible and found out that it was manmade.




Not sure when and it was while studying the bible.





None that I can think of.



I felt the liberating power of Jesus after the truth was shown.

Um...Hun....the question was for people who actually held and believed in the dress standards. You've never been the white, long-sleeved dress shirt with a tie kind of guy...

[CC1]

Originally Posted by DanielR

Reminds me of a man that was being shown several ink blots on paper, and was asked what he thought each one was. For every single one the man said, "A man and woman kissing" The counceler wondered why he kept seeing that in each ink blot when the man replied, "your the one with all the perverted pictures"

Excellent point. Some people live their llife looking for offenses. There is a "holier than thou" judgmental spirit that gets hold of some people and their focus becomes a hyper sensitivity to anything that could possibly offend.

As I think HO mentioned she finds herself conditoined to instinctively judge other believers by a laundry list of how they look even though intellectually she rejects that now. She is not alone.

Now of course if past history holds true someone wil come on and claim that I am being judgemental in my statements. I would suggest I am relating facts not a judgement.