Feelin' Feminine Day 4/5

So this week is almost over. I almost don't know what I'm going to do next week lol. Probably won't be that much different because I wore skirts all the time anyway, but this challenge has been fun. I absolutely LOVE looking at all the different outfits we can put together :)

So here's my outfit for today.


Skirt: Tiered skirt with beads sewn in along the different seams for the tiers from JCPennys
Green tank top: Target for $2 (clearance :)
Purple t-shirt: Target for $2 as well (clearance again :)
Jacket: Same as yesterday
Shoes: Purple flip flops from Old Navy for $2.50
Hair: A partial crown braid (see Courtney's blog for a tutorial) with my solid black chapel veil on. I ended my crown braid in a bun instead of tucking it under like Courtney does :)

Guess I really haven't said anything at all this week about the little jewelry I wear (and wear all the time). I have a "True Love Waits" ring from my boyfriend that I wear and small diamond earrings I got from my parents for my birthday last year.

I don't have a picture of my hair today because the top looks like the past two days and it's just in the back that looks different but that is covered by my veil.

How is your challenge going?

Blessings in Christ,

Feelin' Feminine Day 3/4

So we have another gloomy and rainy day here. But today, there was no break to take pictures outside like yesterday. So indoor pictures today.

My outfit:


Skirt: An A-line jean skirt, another one made by me
Shirt: Green 3/4 length sleeve henley from Kohls
Tank top: Pink tank top from Kohls
Jacket: Brown North Face from REI (but I got this one on a super sale!)
My shoes: Black SO flats from Kohls (I had them on earlier :)
My hair: Two braids into a bun again! Lol. No worries, I re-did it today again so it is not a 2-day old hairstyle lol. Earlier I had on my solid black chapel veil, but I am now at home so had to remove it.

Here's a picture of my hair:


Even if you haven't joined in as of yet, it's not too late! Share your pictures with me if you have joined this challenge. I love to see the pictures of all the different outfits we can put together :)

Blessings in Christ,

Modest Women

So this week might be the perfect week to talk about modesty and and Christian women.

1 Tim 2:9-15 (KJV) states:
9: In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array.
10: But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.
11: Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
12: But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
13: For Adam was first formed, then Eve.
14: And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.
15: Not withstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.

The only word we really need to look at in the Greek is in verse 9 for "apparel" which is katastolē. Katastolē means equipment, dress, properly a long garment or robe reaching down to the feet, according to greattreasures.org. Now my interpretation of "robe" would be the equivalent of today's dress or skirt. Yes it does say reaching down to the feet and I guess that I have yet to get there, but it is because of Isaiah 47:2-3 where it says "2 Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers. 3 Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man.".

What is modesty? Well as defined by Webster, modesty is "That lowly temper which accompanies a moderate estimate of one's own worth and importance. In females, modesty has the like character as in males; but the words is used also as synonymous with chastity, or purity of manners. In this sense, modesty results from purity ofmind, or from the fear of disgrace and ignominy fortified by education and principle. Unaffected modesty is the sweetest charm of female excellence, the firchest gem in the diadem of their honor."

What is Christian Modesty? As defined by Jeff Pollard, Christian modesty is "the inner self-government, rooted in a proper understanding of one's self before God, which outwardly displays itself in humility and purity from a genuine love for Jesus Christ, rather than in self-glorification or self-advertisement."

My skirts are all at minimum knee length, but most of them are mid-calf and I have 2 that are ankle length. However, I would like to wear them longer...right now this is a battle with my mom. She thinks I make myself look older than I am when I wear long skirts. But maybe this wouldn't be a bad thing since I recently got asked if I was with the 6th grade...as in a 6th grade student.

What is your thought about how Christian women ought to dress? Does the word katastolē have an influence on your opinion or no?

Blessings in Christ,

Feelin' Feminine Day 2/3

So we're calling today 2/3 :) Just in case I feel like getting back into my skirt from Sunday.



My outfit:
Skirt - Made by me
Shirt - Kohls for $5
Tank top (under shirt) - Kohls
Sweatshirt - Express
Shoes - Old Navy, but I got them free at a wedding I attended last summer.
Hair - Two braids into a bun with my solid black chapel veil on top



This is just a picture of my hair from a top-ish view.

How are you doing with this challenge?

Blessings in Christ,

Feelin' Feminine Challenge

So a blog owner that I found recently has challenged her readers to wear skirts for a whole week. This is not difficult since that's all I wear anyway, but I thought it would be fun and I want to challenge you, my readers, to take this challenge as well :)

So Day 2. Day 1 was yesterday, and I will probably put on my outfit from yesterday at some point and post the picture here. Or, I'll just go through next Sunday.



My outfit:
Skirt - Cotton skirt from Sports Authority
Shirt - Mossimo shirt from Target (it is a bit slouched in this picture, I had to rush to get in position before my camera timer went off :)
Hair - a simple pony tail with my black solid chapel veil from prayercoverings.com

Earlier I had a denim jacket on from Kohls. Even though I got all my clothes from regular stores, believe me, I am a sales shopper!! Lol. If something is not on sale, I do not buy it!!

Blessings in Christ,

Fruit Crisp

One of my all time favorite desserts is fruit crips that my mom makes. There are so many variations on the fruit you can use, but we typically use apples. We have used pears, blueberries, cherries, plums, nectarines, peaches, all depending on what we have and what we feel like.

So, here is the basic recipie :) It comes from a Betty Crocker cookbook so you may have seen it before!

4 cups of chopped up fruit (usually you want to remove the skin except for on the cherris or blueberries).
2/3 cup of packed brown sugar
1/2 cup white flour
1/2 cup rolled oats
3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
3/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/3 cup soft butter

Heat the oven to 375F.
Place the fruit in a 1 1/2 quart baking dish.
Blend the remaining ingredients until ingredients are combined
Sprinkle over fruit
Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until the topping is golden brown
Let cool and serve with ice cream, cool whip or by itself!

If you find that your crisp has lots of unabsorbed liquid in the pan after baking, try adding a bit of dried fruit (ie. crasins or dried cherries or dried cranberries) or even a sprinkle of flour on the fruit before adding the dry ingredients mixture on top.

I hope you enjoy this simple treat :)

Blessings in Christ,

In Preparation for Easter and the Resurection

I know I am posting quite a bit lately, but the Lord has been talking so much to me lately!

Today is Maundy Thursday, or the Passover. Meaning tomorrow is Good Friday and of course Sunday is Easter!

Tonight is the anniversary of the Passover meal at which Jesus was betrayed by Judas. Can you imagine being betrayed to the authorities by one of your closest friends? Then to know that one of your other friends will deny knowing you three times before the evening was out? Just like Peter did.

Then tomorrow, to have to make the march in front of a jeering crowd to go to your death? And knowing this when you are arrested! Wow. Sometimes knowing what is going to happen is worse than not knowing. But, to know the reason why all of this was happening, would be wonderful! To be able to forgive a criminal's sins while he hung on the cross waiting to die, how wonderful! Not all of us get the chance to have our sins forgiven right before we die, although I hope that we don't wait that long to ask for forgiveness.

In addition to be able to rise from the dead and go to a better place, wonderful! Such a wonderful story we can tell the young children and non-believers that we know! We ought to be celebrating come Sunday, on the anniversary of the resurection and be telling everyone we know what a wonderful thing that our Lord did!

Now I may be bringing this down to human level a little bit too much, but Jesus was a human who walked amongst other humans. He was just special, he was also the Son of God and the choosen one to be sent to forgive all the believer's sins since we are not perfect and will always be sinning.

John 3:16-18 (NKJV): "16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. 18 He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God".

Blessings in Christ,