Brother Epley
We are pretty cautious about what we watch on television. Most of the time when watching television we watch DVDs. And there hasn't been any hint of a desire to dress immodestly or wear women's pants in our church or in our family. Some of the newer women wear pants, but they normally come around.
We have wedding rings because those who don't wear them look like they're shacking up and living together. My wife's grandmother even thought we might be swingers or in a group marriage cult because wingers and a cult down in Mississippi also didn't wear wedding bands. When clearing up her mistaken notions she said, "She just didn't know why we didn't want others to know we were married." Our wedding bands are simple gold bands, no diamonds. We wear no other jewelry. Like a watch, dog tags, or medical alert bracelet our wedding bands are "functional" representing our marriage covenant. In today's world gays want to parade their marriages...why are we wanting to hide ours? I remember having to tell people we were married back when my wife was pregnant because people thought we were just shacked up. Once I was referred to as her "partner" by nursing staff, I spoke up and said, "Ma'am, I'm her husband." She said, "Oh, sorry. I couldn't tell you were married." The Bible says...
1 Thessalonians 5:22
Abstain from all appearance of evil.
I think not wearing a wedding band puts forth an appearance of loose living. I believe that to be closer to sin than wearing a wedding band.
As for hair. My wife's hair is very uneven in the back (partly due to the uneven style she wore when she came into the church) and we've discussed possibly trimming it to even it up so she doesn't look unkept when she wears here hair down. We're not talking about trimming her hair into a "style" or even short hair, because her hair is already so long she can sit on it. We're talking about just evening it out so that it doesn't look unkept.
So please, before casting your ultracon judgments around, calling me and my family "sad"... ask for a little clarification first.
Proverbs 18:13
He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.
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