An Ear to the Issue

Alright, it just needs to be discussed.  I pierced my ears.  I was raised in a fairly conservative church, and piercing was not encouraged.  In efforts not to be a "stumbling block," I feel a need to give a moment to discuss it.

When I started to want to pierce my ears, I chewed it over for at least 2 years.  When I got serious about it, I researched it online and biblically.  I prayed about it.  And THEN, I decided to do it.

I firmly believe that we should we should believe things because WE believe them, not because we are told to believe them.  I believe that we should research and study and KNOW what we believe and why.  This is not an excuse to do whatever we want, or to have an absence of belief.  It is, however, a reason to study in order to understand our beliefs.

That being said, I don't want to be used as an excuse for someone else to make a decision on ear piercing, or anything for that matter.  Because of this, I don't feel it would be appropriate for me to discuss the details of why I made this decision.  I want others to make decisions based on their own prayer and study, as I did.

I just wanted it to be clear to any that may be questioning it, that I made my decision to pierce my ears after study, thought, and prayer, not just on a whim.