We do not judge the Christianity of someone by their outsides. I thought a Christian might recognize that thought.
I guess I wasn’t entirely clear. You don’t know if that young man with the tattoo was saved last night by Christ or last year. You don’t know if that grandma with saggy boobs and the saggy heart tattooed on them is not a saved sinner just like me. Of course I am judged all the time by my appearance - but you can’t see my heart. I’m glad Jesus does.
Oh, and BTW I don’t have a tattoo, I just have long waist-length curly gray hair. It happens to be what God gave me and I wear it proudly, but some of the more ‘worldy’ among us just can’t help themselves. They think it is more “Christlike” that I cut, curl, and dye my hair - it is more culturally acceptable.
No, you were not clear. Your post was a blanket statement rejecting judging others by their appearance. That, of course, is foolhardy, and it piqued me to reply.
But now that you've elaborated, I find myself in complete agreement with you.
Thanks for your post (but I always knew what you meant). ;^}
I have short, spiky gray hair. There are plenty of Christians who say that is a sin, that God insists on long hair ... and don't you know, men find it so much more attractive ...
Well, phooey. I have ten kids, and I'm not going to waste a minute on my hair, and being attractive to men is lower on my priority list than alphabetizing the spice cabinet again. Some people are just going to seize on something, anything - hair, tattoos, weight, smoking - so they can consider others "not as good as me" and treat them like dirt.
If you (a general, rhetorical you) want to be like that, knock yourself out. Means nowt.