All my life I was told that tattoos were wrong, that you should never get one. I was read scripture in the Bible. (Leviticus 19:28 Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the Lord.)
My mother was totally against them. If we went somewhere and she saw somebody with them, she would go to “witness” to them and tell them how wrong it was. I worried about her doing that and actually was embarrassed by it. I had always wanted a tattoo but was a little afraid of it at the same time. I knew she would never approve and I would be damned to hell by her alone.
Turn the clock to February 2020. I had battled in my mind and heart, did research, read articles, read opinions, and then I did the most important thing: I prayed. I prayed to the Lord that if it was okay for me to get a tattoo to get it. A peace came over me and I knew it was okay. So I got my first tattoo in February. I got my middle name ‘faith’. A great friend of mine said you know they are like potato chips, you can’t have just one. I replied, yeah I’m already planning my next one.
Well by June of the same year I had 3 tattoos: my middle name a cross of nails with John 3:16 and a monarch butterfly. I later added eagle wings behind the cross along with 2 other verses (Romans 8:38-39 and Isaiah 40:31), footprints in footprints, symbol God is greater than the mountains and valleys, my daddy’s handwriting, an iris, a bouquet of our birth flowers, a sunflower with a butterfly, a yin yang cat tattoo, a 4 leaf clover with Blessed and the number 41. So as of August 2024, I have 13 tattoos. Do I want more? yeah I would, but my artist had to resign for now due to health problems. I have had so many compliments on her work that I really hate for anyone else to tat me. The colors, the designs are just amazing.
So back to my question? yeah or nay on them? just because you don’t have one, would you condemn those that do? Each of mine have a story behind them, that’s why they mean so much to me.
Give me your thoughts. I would appreciate them.