{"id":12035,"date":"2025-05-07T14:21:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T20:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/?p=12035"},"modified":"2025-05-07T14:26:50","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T20:26:50","slug":"what-is-modesty-but-virtuous-thought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/07\/what-is-modesty-but-virtuous-thought\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Modesty But Virtuous Thought"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;\">What is modesty but virtuous thought.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is a<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/difficultrun.nathanielgivens.com\/2015\/12\/22\/the-general-conference-odyssey\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> General Conference Odyssey<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> post for the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchofjesuschrist.org\/study\/general-conference\/2009\/04?lang=eng\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">General Young Women\u2019s session of General Conference.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;\">In a world of low morals, virtue is at a premium. I believe modesty in outward, as well as inward, appearance plays a vital role in virtuous behavior.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;\">Mormon influencers are going crazy over the new sleeveless garments. They are doing their very best to help us understand that we can wear sleeveless tops and dresses, and shorter skirts, and still fully comply with garment appropriateness. They want to assure us that garments have nothing to do with modesty. They only are given to us to remind us of Jesus Christ and our covenants.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;\">Garments are indeed given to us to remind us of Jesus Christ, and the covenants we make with Him. But, I challenge them with the idea that garments have nothing to do with modesty.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;\">Over the years, we have become more and more casual in our outward appearance. Remember the days when women dressed up to go shopping? Or, eating at a fancy restaurant, or attending a concert, meant getting a new formal dress for the occasion? Now, we see ripped jeans everywhere.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;\">Along with our casual attire, our attitudes and behavior have become casual; in many cases, non-existent. Rudeness and road rage are the norm. It\u2019s frightening to see a braless woman wearing an oversized t-shirt and butt-crack shorts yell at you while you\u2019re searching for something in \u201cher aisle\u201d of a store. Would she act differently if she were wearing modest attire? Is her choice of clothing exposing how she feels about herself? Interesting questions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;\">Sometimes, I think the church experiments with new policies. They offer a cutting edge idea to see how far members will take it. And then they pull back. This may be one of them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Elaine-Dalton.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7373\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Elaine-Dalton.jpeg?resize=201%2C251&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"251\" \/><\/a>Sister Elaine S. Dalton<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> talks about personal virtue. Yes, virtue is a personal thing; between you and the Lord. She believes that virtue is closely tied to moral purity and chastity, which closely ties it to modesty. Quoting from <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchofjesuschrist.org\/bc\/content\/shared\/content\/english\/pdf\/language-materials\/36617_eng.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Preach My Gospel<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, she states:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201c\u2018In order to be virtuous and remain virtuous, you must be true to your divine identity and establish patterns of thought and behavior based on high moral standards.\u2019 In a world filled with relative truth, the Lord\u2019s standards are absolute.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019m <\/span><b><i>not<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> saying that I believe sleeveless garments will make everyone suddenly begin wearing immodest clothes. I <\/span><b><i>am<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> saying that attitudes are changing to see how far we can get away with dressing more like the world and still be garment appropriate. The ability to wear sleeveless attire and shorter skirts is not the objective of offering these garments to temple going members of the church. It has been clearly announced these garments are to allow people, living in hotter climates, to be more comfortable. This is not what Mormon influencers are excited about.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;\">We live in a \u201ccritical time\u201d as Sister Dalton states. The world is watching us, literally to pounce on us. Satan would have us be as miserable as much of the world is today. More than ever before, we need to climb the mountain and shine our light of moral purity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 14pt;\">For us to focus on this \u201cnew excitement\u201d over garments is misplaced. Our focus should always be on Jesus Christ, as well as the purity, chastity, and moral virtue the daughters of His kingdom should always strive for in their daily attitudes and appearance.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is modesty but virtuous thought. This is a General Conference Odyssey post for the General Young Women\u2019s session of General Conference. In a world of low morals, virtue is at a premium. 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