When I was a kid my Mom would say, "don't get tattoo, di ka masasalinan ng dugo! Tsaka panget yun!" Since then, I always thought that tattoo is bad and only for criminals and people who abide the law. But my mindset radically changed as I grow up. I realize that tattoo in the context of my generation is a form of art and in the time of Old Testament was a form of pagan worship.
Nonetheless of the meaning of tattoo, I frankly want to say that I really want to get a tattoo and at the same it, not wanting to get tattooed. Maybe for now, Henna tattoo (not permanent) is okay and because I want to get the Name of my Savior inked in my skin and flesh. The fear of having real tattoos is obviously the reason why I can't have it now, because it's permanent. I can't change it anymore or remove it once inked. I just wonder, why would I be so fearful about something that is PERMANENT. Why would I fear having the NAME of JESUS inked in my skin permanently? Well in fact, I am His. So bottom line is, I can't still have permanent tattoos but henna will do. :)
