Addictions, bad and good........tattoos of Bible verses; thoughts?

[farouk]

1 hour ago, Selah7 said:

    

@Selah7 I appreciate your sentiment here.......

My wife and I talked to a young lady with the whole of the wording of John 3.16 tattooed on her wrist area. It must have been quite a long session of tattooing involving a great deal of motivation.

[farouk]

2 hours ago, Debp said:

If a Christian or even someone else wants to get a tattoo, I don't think that is my concern.

I guess some people can become addicted to getting tattooed.   A former neighbor, a young lady, had all of her arms and all of her legs totally covered with tattoos.    I didn't understand why she would want to totally cover herself but that was her choice.

@Debp Ppl do go over the top sometimes, don't they?

Was also mentioning that my wife and I talked to a young lady with the wording of John 3.16 tattooed on her wrist area. I guess if it's done in a measured way with the motive of expressing witness sentiment, it's rather different from an uncontrolled obsession that goes over the top.....

[farouk]

FYI @Tristen Any wisdom here?

[farouk]

Hi @Heleadethme FYI.............any wisdom for this thread?

[Heleadethme]

21 minutes ago, farouk said:

Hi @Heleadethme FYI.............any wisdom for this thread?

Well since you ask, regarding tattoos, really I believe we should honour God the way He wants to be worshiped or honoured.  If we're already marked and sealed with His spirit, that is far superior than ink IMO!

Addiction to things like drugs or bad habits is a state of bondage and defeat.  Strongholds need God's intervention to break them.  "Addiction" to the things of the Lord is actually freeing, because that is in God's jurisdiction of all that is right and good, and it's for that we were created. 

 

[farouk]

@Rosie1jack2pauline3 PS; Wasn't it you who mentioned about having seen some knuckle tattoos that you thought looked quite good?

[farouk]

30 minutes ago, Heleadethme said:

Well since you ask, regarding tattoos, really I believe we should honour God the way He wants to be worshiped or honoured.  If we're already marked and sealed with His spirit, that is far superior than ink IMO!

Addiction to things like drugs or bad habits is a state of bondage and defeat.  Strongholds need God's intervention to break them.  "Addiction" to the things of the Lord is actually freeing, because that is in God's jurisdiction of all that is right and good, and it's for that we were created. 

 

@Heleadethme Thanks for your good comments. Interestingly, my wife and I talked to a young lady with the wording of John 3.16 tattooed on her wrist area. I guess if it's done in a measured way with the motive of expressing witness sentiment, it's rather different from an uncontrolled obsession that goes over the top.....

[farouk]

Hi @Mike Mclees FYI.....any wisdom here?

[Heleadethme]

34 minutes ago, farouk said:

@Heleadethme Thanks for your good comments. Interestingly, my wife and I talked to a young lady with the wording of John 3.16 tattooed on her wrist area. I guess if it's done in a measured way with the motive of expressing witness sentiment, it's rather different from an uncontrolled obsession that goes over the top.....

People can be well-meaning I'm sure, but my hunch in general is that the desire to be tattooed is not from the Lord.

[farouk]

5 minutes ago, Heleadethme said:

People can be well-meaning I'm sure, but my hunch in general is that the desire to be tattooed is not from the Lord.

@Thanks, @Heleadethme. Do you think that generally speaking motivation may have a lot to do with it? for example, if a young believer, instead of say an extra ear piercing, prefers to get a Christian fish sign <>< on a wrist - or a Bible ref. - which will likely prove useful in conversations, one can maybe respect the motivation.