Girdles - a journey into fantasy and back (renew)
http://kbadley.tripod.com/girdles.htm This story is about FALSE GUILT that can be caused by parents, churches, or other people in power, and the other problems that are caused by this form of "Legalism". If the Bible does not condemn something, or the law from the Old Testiment does not apply in this era (like animal sacrifice etc.). Do not burden your children with your own "rituals, customs, dos and don'ts, and preferences" by enforcing your rules as if they are from GOD. You ask: "What is wrong with wearing a girdle?" and that is the point. Some people can have problems with ordinary things. When I was eleven years old I found a box of old bras and girdles in the storage room in the basement. I was overweight and knew from the television advertisements that grown women used girdles to make them look slimmer. I asked my step mother if I could play with these. She said that she didn't think that I could fit in them. The type of girdles my ...