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Shirt: Frankie Shop. Jeans: Gap. Boots: Neous. Earrings: Heaven Mayhem. Bag: LV

What’s its all really for? — A simple yet complex question I’ve been asking myself for quite a while. What started out over 15 years ago merely as way to document my personal style & love of fashion has overtime, permeated to a place of stale imagery, unoriginal ideas & an overall snooze-fest.

With everything going on in the world: Israel & Iran at war, peaceful protests turning into violent riots, the continuing rise of job lose & an economy literally flailing by the day, just to name a few, now more than ever I’ve been praying for an increase of wisdom, knowledge & understanding. Not just about my personal goals, dreams, desires, etc., but for a renewed mind about life itself.

Hence: “What’s its all really for?”

The acquirement of stuff just to flaunt it & the creating of content for the sake of inclusion & self-admiration has reached an all-time high & for what, a click & a like?

But let me be the first to say that this is something the Holy Spirit often pricks my heart about as I too find myself getting sucked down the over-consumption & self-promotion hole & for that, Lord forgive me!

Now more than ever I’m beginning to understand that though experiences, relationships, goals, etc., aren’t innately wrong, obviously, but in the end, what do they all truly matter?

If none of these things push you closer to Christ, do they really matter? If none of these things encourage you to boldly profess Gospel, do they really matter? If none of these things lead you to live a life leading to eternity w/ Christ, do they really matter?

“What does it profit a man to gain the whole world & loose his own soul?” — Mark 8:36

Shoes & Bag: St. Agni. Shirt: Earrings: Vintage.

— With warmer weather quickly on the horizon, I wanted to have a candid convo about dressing modestly in a world of vanity, self-idolatry & body glorification.

Now let me be the first to say that I am by no means attempting to convict and/or condemn anyone of what they should or should’t be wearing; that’s the job of the Holy Spirit! However as a woman of God, I absolutely have a responsibility to live & showcase a lifestyle that points to the fact that I am indeed set apart from the ways, culture & in this particular case, looks & adornments of the world.

In an age that glorifies lips, hips & everything else in between, I can’t help but notice that I’m seeing more-and-more “Christian” content creators dressing like the girls who live for the likes of the world. Professing to be believers in their bios yet dressing like their primary goal is to be a stumbling block, and not just to men.

I’ll spare you from the overly-popularized Proverbs 31 reference but will conversely point to 1 Peter 3:3-4 and 1 Timothy 2:9-10, both speaking to the fact that our outwardly dressing & adornments are but one of the many (and quickest) ways we either profess a life of godliness or one of worldliness, both without having said a word.

Now let me be first to say that I can look back on a plethora of outfits that I’ve either worn (IRL) or created content around that today, grieve my spirit. Not because they were overly skin-bearing, clad or showy, but more-so because as I mature in Christ, I desire to live & showcase a life being led by the Holy Spirit. A life that highlights my love for fashion but most importantly, a love for His Word that distinctly instructs me how to live.

A life that if I stood before Christ wearing my earthly adornments, my understanding of His Word & I am to present myself wouldn’t be called into question.

Modesty is undoubtedly a personal journey that can only be attained by having an understanding of His Word & by being led & sometimes even convicted by the Holy Spirit.

I’ve wanted to talk about this for a while & have even thought about doing a video pointing out a few looks I’ve worn in the past that today, I wouldn’t. Let me know if that’s something you’d want to see!

xX, C.