Facial Jewelry

I refuse to believe that God made Eve an ugly outfit to wear. I also do not think He wants us to look dowdy. Who ever heard of buying an ugly dress?

And I am NOT giving my husband back the beautiful gold ring he saw fit to put on my finger when we got married!

I cannot see where anyone has the right to judge another because they curl their hair, wear modest earrings and buy a dress that looks nice. These things have nothing to do with my Christianity.

If God is so set against beautiying things; why was all that money given to build the Temple? Even nature shows us that God loves beauty. My body is a temple and I will take care of it as I and the Lord see fit.


Sue

 

Sue,
Would you agree that many Christian women adorn the outside while neglecting the inside?

Discretion, gentleness and quietness are what GOd calls beautiful. Shouldn't we also call these beautiful?

I did not say that *you* ignored the inside, but I have noticed many Christian women who are loud and aggresive, bossy to their husbands, and gossips WHO ADORN themselves with gold, pearls and costly array as well as well done up hairdos.

 

Yes I have HCL. But I think this type of woman would be that way whether she adorned herself or not.

I respect your convictions. I believe you to be a very Godly woman. I, myself, have not been convicted that every type of adornment is wrong. I think it has to do with the motive behind wearing it and only God knows our hearts and our motives.

Blessings,
Sue

 

Jewelry's pretty, some people have good taste others do not. Rings, bracelets, and necklaces annoy me and get in my way so I don't wear them just because of that. I have my ears pierced a few times and would wear earrings if I could afford them. Anything but pure gold causes an allergic reaction and I lose earrings too often to bother buying them just to drop down the drain or whatever. LOL
I have thought about getting a tiny little eyebrow ring though. They're cute! Ankle bracelets and toe rings are fun on occasion.
It is annoying to see on men though. Rings and necklaces on men doesn't bother me, but earrings and stuff do. Makes 'em look prissy IMO.
Gina

 

Ditto.
PJ

 

I once heard a preacher speaking about men wearing jewelry say:

"If a man will wear lace around his neck, he just might wear it somewhere else."

 

Motivation and intent is probably what matters. I have 3 earrings in each ear. I pierced them myself when I was 15 yrs.old.
I knew I would get beat for it, so I decided I would just do them all at once. I only got one beating, for the price of six holes. I felt it was worth the risk at the time.
I also have a small diamond on my left nostril, this was something I always promised myself, if I could make it thru 20 yrs. in the Navy.
I go to church every week and I have had nobody make me feel uncomnfortable. Any of the earrings I wear, I wear for me, so I feel good. Not to seduce or attract attention.
In fact, my husband bought me a pair of $1,500.00 earrings for valentines day. I wear them with dresses and jeans alike. Noboy knows how much they cost, so what does it matter.
This verse is referring to doing things which lead to sin. Seduction, adultry, fornicating, reasons you would want to attract or lure.
Christine

 

Just jumping in here - haven't read through the whole thread. The men in Biblical times wore earrings, in case anyone cares.

Just a simple search pulled up these:

Exod.32[2] And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me.

[3] And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron.

Exod.35[22] And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing hearted, and brought bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and tablets, all jewels of gold: and every man that offered offered an offering of gold unto the LORD.

Num.31[50] We have therefore brought an oblation for the LORD, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before the LORD.

Judg.8[24] And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that ye would give me every man the earrings of his prey. (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)

[25] And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey.

[26] And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; beside ornaments, and collars, and purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and beside the chains that were about their camels' necks.

Someone more knowledgeable than I am could probabaly expound on the earring thing for slaves in Biblical times - I think I heard something about that once, too.

Too much ado over nothing, this facial /earring jewelry thread, IMO.

The verse about a woman adorning herself outwardly means for a woman not to make herself up to look like a temple prostitute.

Helps to keep things in perspective as to the people Paul was writing to and what was going on in their society, IMO. But the same thing could be said for today...don't look like a prostitute, isn't the same thing as saying don't wear makeup or jewelry.

 

OH, NO! I killed it. I really killed it. I really managed to kill this thread!

 

I did not realise that people in the bible wore earrings. That is certainley interesting.

 

What disturbs me is the idea of another telling an
individual that "face jewelry" must be given up (or
that they must stop wearing it) because it is
offensive to the "Christian cause" or because they
have decided that it is the "weight . . . which so
easily beset us." When an item or an idea is not
condemned in the Bible, how can one dare tell
someone that it is legitimately condemned?

If I decide for myself that my own "face jewelry"
is a problem, fine; however, if I try to tell others
that because it is wrong for me, therefore it must
be wrong for them, I have stepped out of my
personal boundaries and into theirs.

 

All right, you young whipper-snapper! Where do
we get these younguns today? 8oD I admit it --
my jaw dropped, and I laughed right out loud at
your reply!

Honey, you have confused wearing "face jewelry"
with completely overdoing wearing jewelry, to the
point of being tasteless! Where did I ever say to
wear an over abundance of jewelry? And while
wearing too much jewelry is tasteless, so are tacky
clothes; are we going to make tacky clothing a
spiritual issue as well?

You noted that I don't wear a lot of jewelry. I don't.
In that photo, I had on a necklace, my engagement
ring, wedding ring, and maybe a bracelet.
Sometimes, I wear earrings, sometimes even two
or three on one ear, but they are magnetic: I have
not pierced my body anywhere yet.

But when you decide that your taste in jewelry
and clothing is our God's taste, you are, indeed,
out of bounds. You can tell me I am in the devil's
territory to say that, but I will tell you that you have
become a pharisee to say the opposite. 8o)

Smile! Love ya'!

 

"You think you're wearing a bunch of jewelry, look at me. I pity the fool."

Mr. T

 

Now, I did not intend to make you cry a tear! ( )
Nor was I calling you a Pharisee! I was saying that
if you can say that I follow the route of the serpent,
I can, in turn, say that you are following the way of
the Pharisee, who put greater burdens upon others
by their additions to the biblical precepts! 8oD

When I live my life, indeed, I am living an example
of the believers! You got that one right, and thank
you. Indeed, I am careful about my dress, jewelry,
makeup, mouth, ethics, where I go and don't go, my
studies, etc. This is a privilege I love which our Lord
has entrusted to me. However, my opinions
regarding things not laid out in the Bible are, in my
opinion, of no consequence.

Perhaps I think this way because I was in a
pharisaical church for over fifty years, and the
whole concept of extrabiblical rules is one I can
not support anymore, although I was once a
teacher of them.

I believe we should teach the Bible, teach it
strongly, and not back down from one part of it,
but when it comes to those outside-the-Bible
issues, we should live them and keep our mouths
shut. 8o)

In that church, one pastor's wife told me to tell
one of my 15-year-old Sunday school girls, who
was also a church member, not to wear her
earrings. I told her I would not do it. That little
girl is now my son's wife and the mother two of
my beautiful little grandsons, a godly woman,
who teaches her four- and two-year-old BIble
verses, tucks them in bed with prayers, and loves
them. I am glad I said no to that woman, who was,
indeed, pharisaical. Had I done this, it could have
done major damage. 8o)

Thank you! You are a sweetheart! 8oD

Just to answer, I don't know, but I have been
accused of bein "Gothic"' because I wear a lot of
black! 8o) I just call that slimming! Perhaps, when
I lose my weight, I will still wear a lot of black --
we'll see. 8oD

 

I just heard of a new trend. "Tongue splitting"! To me, this is mutilation. The people who have run out of places to pierce are now having their tongues split because they think it is beautiful!

They even have to learn to talk all over again.

Where will this insanity stop???

 

ridiculous

 

Oh Pleeeeeze, can we?! That would eliminate grown women walking around in coulottes! I would gladly give up my right to a nosering (which I don't have, BTW) if coulottes would be banned also.

Now back to your regularly scheduled program.....