Re: UPC pastor's wife refuses to wear hair up anym
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Originally Posted by ForeverBlessed
Thanks for the article, I liked this statement I agree: Fact is, the most holy and religious regular people I know wouldn't stand out in a crowd. You wouldn't know their godliness until they opened their mouths.
I believe the very soul of us is our words... From the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh...
In the beginning was the Word, The Word became flesh...
When that Word "dwells" in or governs us... everyone should know by our words and actions that goes forth who we belong to.
I tried to post the cartoon, but couldn't figure out how, so I posted the column with it. It's another point of view.
But he made an interesting point on those who dress a certain way because of religious beliefs makes them stand out in the crowd (he used a Muslim woman's comments) and how being invisible is sometimes better!!! I think the general population doesn't notice regularly dressed people unless they wear too little or too much.
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Re: UPC pastor's wife refuses to wear hair up anym
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Originally Posted by ForeverBlessed
Thanks for the article, I liked this statement I agree: Fact is, the most holy and religious regular people I know wouldn't stand out in a crowd. You wouldn't know their godliness until they opened their mouths.
I believe the very soul of us is our words... From the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh...
In the beginning was the Word, The Word became flesh...
When that Word "dwells" in or governs us... everyone should know by our words and actions that goes forth who we belong to.
Very good, Sis. Lisa, very good words!
Whether we like it or not, what comes from within us, (words,
expressions) reflect what we really are.
Re: UPC pastor's wife refuses to wear hair up anym
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Originally Posted by ForeverBlessed
Thanks for the article, I liked this statement I agree: Fact is, the most holy and religious regular people I know wouldn't stand out in a crowd. You wouldn't know their godliness until they opened their mouths.
I believe the very soul of us is our words... From the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh...
In the beginning was the Word, The Word became flesh...
When that Word "dwells" in or governs us... everyone should know by our words and actions that goes forth who we belong to.
Re: UPC pastor's wife refuses to wear hair up anym
It was interesting to read through all the posts on here. I admire the pastor's wife. She saw that something she was doing was associating her with evil and she did something about it. I think that's admirable.
Down through the years, if we live long enough, part of what we believe will be fashionable. People will be wearing long skirts and long loose hair and long sleeves. The fashion industry has to keep on changing or it wouldn't be the multimillion-dollar industry that it is. So I don't think it's any bad thing to be stylish - at some point we are bound to be the "in" thing.
As for "magic hair", I know mine isn't magic or it wouldn't tangle and give me so much trouble when I wash it. I think it's foolish to believe that if we do what we're supposed to that it gives us any kind of special powers. I know that some of you don't believe in long hair or the standards, and that's fine by me. But like that pastor's wife, I think we should all have some personal standards at least.
Maybe this will surprise a lot of people, but I don't think up hairdos are modest. At least for me. They may be fine for other people, but I feel so uncomfortable with my neck and ears all exposed like that. But then I am a convert and I'd never worn my hair up before I joined the UPC. That was considered a hairdo for evening at the time. Well now, I just lied - I was known to wear a ponytail on the playground when I was a little girl.
Still, I admire the pastor's wife for having the courage of her convictions and wanting to avoid the appearance of evil. Maybe when the FLDS are out of the news, we can all relax a little bit.
Re: UPC pastor's wife refuses to wear hair up anym
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Originally Posted by Michael The Disciple
Its a good thing. If long hair is a womans glory why put it up in a bun? Its far more glorious hanging straight down.
It can get in the way and also become tangled if it is windy. Just a matter of practicality. Most UPC girls, when wearing it up don't put it in a classic bun. Totally outdated.
Re: UPC pastor's wife refuses to wear hair up anym
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Originally Posted by Jenny
It was interesting to read through all the posts on here. I admire the pastor's wife. She saw that something she was doing was associating her with evil and she did something about it. I think that's admirable.
Down through the years, if we live long enough, part of what we believe will be fashionable. People will be wearing long skirts and long loose hair and long sleeves. The fashion industry has to keep on changing or it wouldn't be the multimillion-dollar industry that it is. So I don't think it's any bad thing to be stylish - at some point we are bound to be the "in" thing.
As for "magic hair", I know mine isn't magic or it wouldn't tangle and give me so much trouble when I wash it. I think it's foolish to believe that if we do what we're supposed to that it gives us any kind of special powers. I know that some of you don't believe in long hair or the standards, and that's fine by me. But like that pastor's wife, I think we should all have some personal standards at least.
Maybe this will surprise a lot of people, but I don't think up hairdos are modest. At least for me. They may be fine for other people, but I feel so uncomfortable with my neck and ears all exposed like that. But then I am a convert and I'd never worn my hair up before I joined the UPC. That was considered a hairdo for evening at the time. Well now, I just lied - I was known to wear a ponytail on the playground when I was a little girl.
Still, I admire the pastor's wife for having the courage of her convictions and wanting to avoid the appearance of evil. Maybe when the FLDS are out of the news, we can all relax a little bit.
Jenny,
I hope you realize you posted on a 9 year old thread? Good to see you posting though!
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"We did not wear uniforms. The lady workers dressed in the current fashions of the day, ...silks...satins...jewels or whatever they happened to possess. They were very smartly turned out, so that they made an impressive appearance on the streets where a large part of our work was conducted in the early years.
"It was not until long after, when former Holiness preachers had become part of us, that strict plainness of dress began to be taught.
"Although Entire Sanctification was preached at the beginning of the Movement, it was from a Wesleyan viewpoint, and had in it very little of the later Holiness Movement characteristics. Nothing was ever said about apparel, for everyone was so taken up with the Lord that mode of dress seemingly never occurred to any of us."
Quote from Ethel Goss (widow of 1st UPC Gen Supt. Howard Goss) book "The Winds of God"
My soul followeth hard after thee....Love one another with a pure heart fervently. 
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