All that Glitters…
September 9, 2008 by Anna Grace
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I’m a jewelry girl. I adore jewelry and I’m picky about my jewelry. Don’t even bother me with yellow gold, it’s all about the white gold and platinum. Oh, and pearls? I’d rather have diamonds (or rhinestones… I don’t care if my jewelry’s fake as long as it looks real). Opals? They’re okay. Emeralds? Only ’cause they’re my birth stone.
Really, the jewelry I love comes down to this: Is it big (like chandalier earrings) and is it sparkly? The problem with the kind of jewelry I like is why I started wearing it. My husband’s like a cat – he’s drawn to sparkly, dangly things and so I started wearing earrings and necklaces that I knew would attract his attention. The problem I didn’t think about is, does it attract other men’s attention? I’d never thought about that before.
Dangly earrings can draw attention to a woman’s jawline and neck and, obviously, certain necklaces draw attention to her neck and chest. I’m not condeming jewelry by any means – Song of Solomon records the Lover complimenting the Beloved on her gold and silver necklaces.1 Just like with everything else, though, we have to be careful.
- This is so romantic to me because her neck represented her will and gold and silver represented honor and nobility. So the Lover was telling the Beloved that her will was honorable and noble. She was a woman of godly character. [↩]
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You write this right after I went jewelry shopping last week! :)
Still waiting for us to get around to the difference between looking presentable and looking for attention post… ;)
As for the girl in the picture, I think her eye makeup is more distracting than her earrings.
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On a TOTALLY unrelated note, I just saw your blogger profile. Adie Camp… is that Jeremy Camp’s wife – I thought her name was Adrienne though? Jeremy is my ALL-TIME favorite Christian music artist – the man can rock! What kind of music does she do?
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i think, naturally, that pearls, tastefully worn are rather modest and can be attractive at the same time.
That girl looks fake– shiny skin and all!
You could always write the post you’re looking for, Rachel! :)
Seriously though, it’s hard to pin down that difference because it’s internal to both parties. Don’t worry, I’ll get to that topic once I finish with the child training series.
If I wrote everything all at once, we’d have nothing to talk about!
Hey, MIn… you overachiever, I’ve got my eye on that post. :p We could at least collaborate. :)
Rachel, certain types of jewelry are actually scriptural, so I’m not condemning it at all! I’d be so sad if I couldn’t wear jewelry. (My grandma thinks I’m going to hell because I have pierced ears – she and I have been back and forth debating scripture about jewelry since 1995.) And you have great taste in jewelry, by the way. ;)
See, I’m more mesmerized by the fact that her earrings perfectly match her eyes. And I didn’t choose her as an example of an immodest earring – I almost chose another photo as a model, but decided it was way too immodest and so I went with this one.
Hey Anna,
I got one word for her earrings matching her eyes:
Photoshop. ;)
But it is a good selection of a photograph, even if it does look retouched!
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Haha, burst my bubble whydontcha. :)
Oh nice. It would take a lot of talking to God and looking into a mirror to see if jewerly was immodest. Something low, more towards the chest could be considered immodest, since it’s making men look at your chest.
I dont know. :D
@ParanormalZombiiie: I believe it was Ever After where one of the stepsisters bought a broach that was for the intent purpose of drawing everyone’s gaze at her… um… top. That, to me, makes your point very clearly.
Is wearing a purse strap crossing your body the same problem? I don’t know.
Pearls can really set off a neckline. A good string of pure white cultivated pearls will attract a mans eye believe it or not.
You mentioned that the Song of Solomon and that got me thinking about how extravagant we should be for our husbands if/when we have one. Some jewelry may be immodest. When I picture a whore, I generally imagine her with lots of make-up and lots of gaudy jewelry. But in Song of Solomon, he does talk about various parts of a woman’s appearance and things, like jewelry, that she might have bought JUST to please him and no one else!
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