Of course a person's opposition to getting a tatoo may have nothing to do with his toughness or the lack thereof. Who is leading people to the tatoo parlor? Do we really believe that it is God?
Is your tattoo faith based?
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Leviticus 19:28 New International Version (NIV)
28 “‘Do not cut your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the Lord.
28 “‘Do not cut your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the Lord.
My wife and I talked to a young lady with the whole of John 3.16 tattooed on her wrist area; it was her favorite Bible verse and mine also; and I'm sure other conversations have arisen as a result of her willingness to undergo the ink needling. She seemed to have had it done with conviction.
(@Mayflower could probably empathize.)
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I guess my question about Leviticus 19 would be, in the same passage it seems to say about not trimming one's beard; do preachers shave? or maybe there is a different emphasis there. I guess I would make a difference between Old Testament Jews in the land under the law and New Testament Christians under grace for whom the Gospel rather than the law is the rule of their life, and who seek effective witness opportunities. It also says in Leviticus 19.28, 'for the dead', which suggests some pagan ritual then common.
I don't think you yourself rushed at all into doing it! Seems like you did it only after a lot of careful thought, very deliberately.
Whether or not you do eventually get Proverbs 3.5 inked, I'm sure if you do you would similarly do it only after a lot of careful and mature thought and deliberate planning.
Such conversations about the Lord and all of the good things of God may be very good, but that does not mean we should all head for a tatoo parlor rather than seeking first the kingdom of God and His righteousness.
How many tatoos did Jesus manifest on his flesh? And yet...
"... Never man spake like this man." John 7:46
How many were led by the Holy Spirit to the tatoo parlor and how many who wanted to be like so many others used God as an excuse to follow their own spirit?
LA Ink, Miami Ink, NY Ink and London Ink are all fairly similar, right? there is the similar 'roving camera' which traces a tattoo from its conception and planning to the finished article, right?
A lot of ppl now seem to do it without seeming regrets. In our area, around May time the warmer weather and short sleeves appear at supermarket check-outs and the tattoos appear, to disappear again behind the longer sleeves in the fall; and it's not just the younger women that evidently receive ink confidently. It used to be a man thing, as in your dh's time; but how this has changed, right?
It used to be that when women started having the confidence to get tattooed the designs that were received were often small. It's ppl like Ryan Ashley who have the confidence to get bigger ones who have probably helped other women to have the confidence to get bigger ones also, don't you think?
1stCenturyLady
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Unfortunately she has some really dark ones that are garish she will have to just live with.
1stCenturyLady
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Yes. I wonder if the dark ones were some of her first, before she became more knowledgeable.
Maybe so. I don't know.
It seems now that with more women working as tattoo artists, anyway, this might be linked with the willingness of more women to get larger ones than used to be the case. (It's hard to conceive anyhow of an artist such Ryan Ashley only with rather small tattoos that were hardly conspicuous, right?)
Hi, Sir. So you have always thought tattoos as taboo. I guess it could be said also that when tattoos were overwhelmingly a man thing, getting tattooed might have been thought to be a taboo by many women; but this has changed enormously, hasn't it?
Some tattoos are faith based, and provoke witness conversations.
I don't agree that in principle the majority is right, no.
Remembering also that the passage in Leviticus that speaks about cutting for the dead also seems to speak about not trimming one's beard, it is probably the case that Old Testament Jews in the land under the law would view such issues differently from New Testament Christians living under grace with the Gospel - as opposed to the law -as their rule (I'm dispensational); a lot of Christians do see the value of faith based tattoo designs which are proven conversation-starters in wtiness.
Joking or not, a lot of Christians do find them to be proven conversation-starters in witness.
My wife and I talked to a young lady with the whole of John 3.16 tattooed on her wrist area; it was her favorite Bible verse and mine also and I'm sure it must have given rise to other conversations with ppl also.
I guess if people like the young lady my wife and I talked to were to say that they are tattooed without regrets because of the good conversations they have gotten into, this would be understandable, from their perspective.
(If this makes any sense?)
My own general disagreement [not specific because God may require from one or a few what He would frown upon for most] with the application of tatoos is only indirectly connected to Leviticus. I am more concerned with accomplishing God's will by being a living testimony because I am led by the Holy Spirit. How can a person be a good steward when he permanently marks the body God provided without being led by God to so? I doubt that many of those people who say that their tatoos are faith based checked in with God before deciding to have one applied. What is it that God really wants from each of us? A witness from our mouth alone or from everything that we do?
As to lot a "Christians" doing it, my own view is that a lot of Christians look to themselves first in too many things instead of seeking first His kingdom and His righteousness. I believe this is true of me as well as of others. We all need to move closer to God ourselves. Prayer and fasting and talking to God are the things that come to mind for me... certainly getting a tatoo.
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