You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you: I am the Lord. – Leviticus 19:28
Prisoners love tattoos. Some do it out of boredom. Some do it because they think it makes them look bad or cool. Some do it to show people they are in a gang. The temptation is there every where you turn.
However, no self professing Christian is going to get a tattoo. Not only is it illegal inside of the prison, God forbids it too. A tattoo is like a brand. They often are a sign of rebelliousness and they tend to show who your loyalties are to. Once you are tattooed you carry it with you for the rest of your life! Even if it is covered up with another one, the original is still there underneath. I don’t know about you, but I would not want people to know I was in prison. Tattoos are a sure sign that you have probably been there. Also, in prison, they are done a lot of times with unsanitary needles and I have seen all kinds of crazy, unsafe and unsanitary ways to make ink.
Your body belongs to God. Let him have it. God said in Exodus ” You shall have no other gods before Me.” – Exodus 20:3 If you already have a tattoo, don’t get no more. Be a man, stand out. Dare to be different. Tattoos do not make the man, God makes the man.
I made the dumb mistake of getting two of them while I was in there. Worst mistake I made. Today I am ashamed of them. They remind me of where I came from. I keep them covered up at all times. Obey God rather than men. In the end, you will be glad you did!
