From where comes the influence?

The fact that we are influenced cannot be denied.  No matter what, something or someone or many factors will influence, direct or control how and what we think.  One of the largest struggles in our work towards holiness is the fact that ninety percent of these influences are worldly and vain.
The world, the flesh and the devil, as has historically been identified, are serious problems.  The vanity of the world is even a greater problem when it isn't identified as vanity, but is rather embraced, even by those in the church.
It is a really sad state of events when one goes to church and encounters women that look no different from the world. I challenge you to a little test.  The next time you are in church do a comparison.  Look at the way the women in the service are dressed and compare them to the women you see in icons.  Now, the next time you are in the grocery store, compare those same women in church to the women you see on the magazines in the checkout line.  Who looks like who?
The women in icons have their heads covered, their shoulders covered, their legs covered. You see no makeup, you see no fingernail polish, you see no toenail polish. 
It is at this point that the question can be asked, "Who is influencing who?"  An even bigger question is, "Why is this happening and why is no one saying anything about it?"  The influence of the world creeps into our lives far too often and far too easy.  Let's start paying attention.