The Blight of Spring
by Frank Chesser
Spring! The very word
breathes with life. It exudes with joy, excitement and promise. Spring leaps
from the womb of winter with a song of jubilation on its lips. Each day is
birthed in a symphony of song. Trees bud and flowers bloom, painting the
landscape in variegated color. The beauty of spring is blighted by the
contamination of humanity’s touch. The advent of the sun’s warm glow commences
a disrobing process among men. As a serpent sheds its skin, so man
discards his apparel.
Various degrees of nudity
mar the resplendence of nature. There is no spiritual attractiveness in an
ocean of human flesh. The innocence of Eden is a memory forever buried in
the graveyard of the past. Sin stained the public exposure of the body
with irrevocable shame (Gen. 2:7). Expected is the world’s acceptance of the
promenade of the body in a semi-attired state. However, whether felt or not,
there is a deep sense of ignominy attached to such public display of the human
form.
Revealing dress promotes
lust. It creates a civil war in the mind of man struggling to maintain purity
of thought. It is a lascivious act that fosters carnality, undermines
spirituality and nullifies influence for good. It is an expression of contempt
for God’s call to “be ye holy in all manner of life” (1 Peter 1:15). It is a
grievous sin that bars the gates of heaven and paves the road to hell.
The Christian life is a
distinctive life. It is different. Aping the world in modes of dress negates
that distinctive element that enables the Christian to serve as a Spiritual
lighthouse in a sea of sin. One cannot “adorn the doctrine” (Titus 2:10), with
insufficient attire to modestly adorn his own body. There is no “gospel” in a
lifestyle that destroys purity and encourages lewdness. An incessant public parade
of bare flesh is a loathsome sight. Such conduct is truly the “blight of
spring.”
