Righteousness

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On Thu, 3 Sep 1998 20:29:44 -0400 "Timothy Litteral" <brotim@gte.net>
writes:
>Me:

>Know what I thought about women that went around dressed like Y'all.  
>That a
>tumble with a REAL man would change their minds.  Know what?  For some 
>of
>them it did...  I would then see them try to act all "Holy" in front 
>of
>their friends and stuff and try to "convert" me.  Made me sick.  
>That's why
>I stopped pursuing them.  Oh, I ran into a few that were for real, 
>thank
>God, but the vast majority were "easy pickin's". 

Well, I anticipated a reply like this one, but yesterday I was too busy
helping a woman have a baby to get in to e-mail and make sure to cover
every dot and tittle too much.  It was a boy and one of the most
wonderful experiences of my life to see a new life being born!  Anyways..
back to subject.  I guess I should've said that it can be quite easy to
win the respect of someone like this.  The first thing guys like this try
is the technique you named above.  It is extremely detrimental to the
kingdom for God's people to play flirt games whether anything happens or
not.  If nothing happens ( after flirt games) the men tell themselves
that the woman was putty in his hands and he could've if he wanted to. 
The idea is to keep a reasonable physical distance.  Speak to him in
knowledge and the power of the Holy Ghost and deny fleshly reactions.  It
can be done.

>I'll tell ya this too.  The FUNNIEST thing I ever heard was these 
>people who
>sat in church from the time they were weened try to talk about what 
>*I* felt
>and thought!!!  I used to roll around laughing!!!  How could they 
>know???

Well, I'm new since you left and you probably don't know my background. 
I was raised in an alcoholic family and ran hard myself for a while so I
know a little bit about it.

>Wanna know why 'most' men of this *type* leave women alone that are 
>dressed
>like that?  They don't find them attractive.  Once you have that out 
>of the
>way, they will treat you like a person instead of a piece of meat...

I think the correct term is *sexy*.  I disagree that they don't find
godly women attractive.  We don't dress immodestly and that makes the
difference.  I'm convinced that women could wear gunny sacks and men
would find us attractive.

  It is the effects of serving God in our 
>lives
>that is the real testimony.  I don't have to preach change to people 
>all day
>long, I LIVE changed before them day in and day out. 

This has been my whole point.

 Righteousness is a 
>"Right
>standing with God".  It isn't doing those things that pleases God, it 
>is
>BEING pleasing before God! 

Right.  This is also my point.  A man like this comes to respect a woman
who is not like all other women.  If we are in "Right standing with God"
we will resist the flesh and do things that are pleasing to God.  This is
an awesome testimony before the world.

Lynne Yohnk

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