I remember telling a bunch of high school girls once that when they were those shirts and shorts to attract attention from a few certain boys, ALL the boys noticed. Then I paused and let that sink in a few seconds. Pretty soon there were expressions of revulsion from the girls as they thought of all the boys at the school. Somehow females often think wearing certain clothing will only attract the attention they want (which they probably shouldn't want, anyway), but it attracts a lot of various types of attention.

I've been thinking lately about the Centurion (Matthew 8) who understood authority and had great faith. We frequently do not understand authority, and I think our confusion about that leads to confusion about submission. It's difficult (and counter-cultural) to realize we need to submit to certain authorities because that's what God wants us to do, not because those authorities are "correct" or more powerful than us.