Chastity . Purity . Modesty
Ask a young woman of this generation to define any of those terms. 9 times out of 10, you will get a perplexed look and a boomerang answer, in which she basically asks YOU, in her unsure reply, for the definition!
After enduring a few minutes of Miley Cyrus' VMA performance [strictly for the purpose of writing this article], my heart began to break. What drove her to perform such perverse, pornographic acts before millions of people? I firmly believe one major factor is her desire for public acceptance. Cyrus' metamorphosis from the cute and cheeky Disney character into ...well...this... is obviously her saying "I'm not that girl anymore and this ought to prove it," in an effort to be accepted in a broader world of entertainment.
My heart breaks for the millions of young ladies [and young men] who have this to "look up to."
I wonder... Where is her father in all of this? I would be very interested to hear his thoughts on his 20-year-old daughter's latest public display! In my opinion, allowing your daughter to display herself in such a manner is being a failure of a father.
As the world bombards our sons and daughters on either side, we need to be teaching and SHOWING them how to behave in purity and fidelity. They aren't getting it anywhere else! They are unmercifully bombarded with the world's philosophies of social acceptance and the ever-changing definition of what beauty is and isn't. Without anyone to guide them, this generation WILL accept those philosophies and standards. They NEED us to show them that the world's acceptance is not even REMOTELY worth striving for!
Are we teaching our sons what to avoid? Are we raising our daughters to be the God-honoring, submissive, loving wives their husbands will need?
Titus 2.2 "That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, charity, patience."
2.3 "The aged women likewise, that they be in behavior as becometh holiness,... teachers of good things;"
2.4 "That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,"
2.5 "To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the Word of God be not blasphemed."
Are we, as Mothers, Fathers, the LEADERS of this generation, fulfilling our God-given purpose?
Elisabeth Elliot said it beautifully...
"The fact that I am a woman does not make me a different kind of christian, but the fact that I am a christian does make me a different kind of woman."
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