The Skirt Battle...and Human Dignity

This post is less about the Sisters but a mere realization.  Lately, I feel like I'm called to wear more skirts and dresses versus always wearing jeans or khaki pants. Maybe it is because the weather is finally warming up here in Minnesota or maybe it is because I desire to dress more feminine; whatever the reason may be, it means that I needed to purchase a few more skirts.  I own like three and two of them are not for everyday.  So, for the past week or so I have been on the hunt; I have tried department stores, thrift stores, online stores and everything in between.  I have talked to friends and towns people and no such luck to find the long skirts that I desired.  I did find a really cute and simple black skirt that goes to my knees which was a $3 find and looks great with leggings!  WooHoo! But here is what I found out while doing my shopping...

1. It is impossible to find a long skirt that does not make woman in her early twenties look like she is a 50 year old.  I may like to dress conservatively but I do not want to look like I am twice my age. Jussayin'
2. If you do happen to find a long skirt whose pattern is age appropriate don't forget to look at the side of said skirt.  There is probably a slit going halfway up which makes it no longer appealing and modest.  Small slits are fine but ones all the way up past the knee not so much!
3. People are no longer aware of the dignity of the human person.  Skirts and fashion as a whole now a days are cut way to short or way to low.  

*Step onto soap box*
People are telling our young people that their dignity is based on what they wear and how much skin they show or how they look or how they do their hair etc..  Our dignity does not come from our outward appearances but from God alone.  We have dignity because we are all created in His image and likeness.  That is really amazing if you think about it.  Society tries to objectify, make us like objects, and put a price on our worth.  But really our worth can only be deemed by God alone because He is our creator and knows us intimately.  Our worth does not matter if we are fat or thin, blond or brunette or if you have fair skin or a nice deep tan.  None of this matters when we look at our worth and our dignity.  And yet we allow society to tell us to that we are only worth what people say we are worth.  You are priceless in the eyes of God.  God thought that we had so much dignity that He died for us in one of the least dignified ways, on a Cross.  He is worthy of our praise and love and yet He died for us so that we could live with Him forever.  Wow!  That still amazes me...EVERYONE has worth from the moment of conception to natural death. :)
*Steps off soap box*