Repost/ Modesty advice
I’m curious on people’s take on modesty, I’ve recently come back to church and modesty standards seem non existent in some instances. As a youth that would’ve been my dream.. but as I grow I gain new found respect and see the need for modesty (I think..) . Ive been preparing for the temple and slowly changing my closet to only clothes that will fit with my garments. As I do this I notice more women in particular don’t wear their garments at all, and still attend the temple, or at least their social media is filled with bikini pics and outfits that could fit in a club. Particularly Gen Z (my gen). Am I being judgemental in saying that this affects my understanding of keeping covenants, eg. people with callings doing nude photoshoots for work (photography). It’s not wise to gage my decisions on what others are doing but I’d be lying if I said it didn’t make it hard. Please share your thoughts and go easy on me, I was very worldly not too long ago, I thought coming back would mean I’m surrounded by people living a higher law. Even saying that feels self righteous I’m probably being stupid, but I’d really like some comfort. I’ve prayed about it and haven’t felt any comfort.
EDIT:
Interesting, so if I’ve got this all right:
Modesty - not just about covering.
The standard- is that we honour the sacredness of our body’s and let the spirit/leaders help guide that.
Garments- are reminders of temple covenants and that’s between us and god and nothing to do with modesty except they should be covered as they are sacred.
EDIT 2: Thankyou all so so much. I appreciate all of you because I have so much to ponder on now. I’ve learnt a little and I’m feeling a lot better, I was being silly indeed. ❤️