So, I don't know if everyone has a facebook here, or if any of you noticed any of your female friends on there posting colors as their status, or perhaps you even posted one of yours as well. Whatever the case is, I'm going to address this issue in this blog post. I don't expect everyone to agree with me. In fact, I
know not all my friends agree with my opinion on the subject. But the fact is, I was totally infuriated when I found out what the colors meant and even more so when I saw Christian women defending the reason they posted these colors.
Apparently an e-mail went out to women everywhere telling them to post their bra colors as their status on facebook in an effort to raise awareness and support for breast cancer and the victims of this terrible disease. The meaning of these colors were supposed to be kept a secret from the men and in fact the e-mail seemed to indicate that one of the purposes was to confuse men.
HELLO, THIS IS THE INTERNET. There are no secrets on the internet. I mean, seriously. If an entire manuscript for a book can be leaked out on the internet, don't you think a little secret like what the colors mean will be leaked out too? There were some people that were saying, "This was not for the men to know about, it was supposed to be secret." And although I know this is grammatically incorrect, this is where I say, "Are you for real?!"
I mean, really.
Are you for real?!I do not think it is right to post bra colors on the internet. I know it was for a good cause, I know it was to 'spread awareness', and I know it was supposed to remain a secret. But this is the internet. There are no secrets on the internet. And on top of that, how can a color raise awareness?
Especially if it is kept secret? The only thing I felt aware of when I saw all these colors was the number of my friends who had absolutely no self-respect, and no respect for God's commandments on modesty, and no respect for other people.
Woops, there. I let it slip. Yep, I do believe this is an issue that involves overstepping God's commandments.
Telling your friends list about what color your underwear is is nothing short of immodest. The only person who should ever know what my underwear looks like is my husband. You know, there was a point in time when things like panties and bras were called "unmentionables". Or perhaps a more modern term, "intimates". You know, maybe I'm just not a "modern woman", but I feel like private things need to remain just that: private.
I am a young wife to a young husband. Quite frankly, I do not feel like my husband needs to know the color of every on of his female friends' bras on facebook. In fact, we would have a serious sit-down conversation if my husband went around asking women what color their undergarments were, even if it were "for a good cause". In fact, I am quite sure that even if it were "for a good cause" and my husband asked any one of those women what color their bras were, he'd probably get a sharp slap across the face quicker than you can say "ARE YOU FOR REAL?!"
While intentions were obviously innocent - I see that it was supposed to be harmless fun and a secret - when someone spoke out against it saying that it was offensive, I have to wonder why instead of following after 1 Corinthians 8:3-14 and just abstaining because it was known it was offensive, it was adamantly defended.
I saw this mostly after my husband spoke out against this shocking new trend. You know what? We ladies don't know how a man's mind works. And to me, if a man says something is immodest and can create unclean thoughts in a man's mind, it's probably a good idea that we cease in that activity. Consider what a non-Christian male friend of my husband said in his facebook status that night, "kudos to whatever guy thought up this idea of getting girls to post their bra colors on FB." Yep. You know exactly what he was thinking about that night. You never know what sort of thoughts you might put in someone's mind once they figure out that the colors mean you're wearing a fancy bra (or not fancy - or even none at all - yes! some women admitted to that even!). Sinful, sinful thoughts.
"It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones." Luke 17:2That is what our Savior had to say about those who would cause someone else to stumble! I don't know about you, but that sounds pretty serious to me, and I want to make sure I don't create any sort of stumbling block for any of my brothers in Christ by posting my bra color for all to see!
I'm sorry, I have to say it again. Are you for real? Have we seriously sank so low that we have become desensitized by the world? Have our consciences really been seared so completely? Have we really become as those mentioned in Jeremiah 6:15 who have forgotten how to blush? These sorts of things draw attention to totally inappropriate things, and not to Breast Cancer Awareness.
If anyone wants to spread Breast Cancer Awareness, why not do it with the pink ribbon that cannot be mistaken for anything but Breast Cancer Awareness? Why not give out information about it or perhaps show them the website www.BreastCancerAwareness.com?
Posting your undergarment colors for all to see is inappropriate and immodest. I don't care what you say the cause is.
How would you feel if Christ were your Facebook friend and saw you posting your bra colors for all to see?
"For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad." 2 Corinthians 5:10.
