Women and head coverings

[gypc]

My wife wears a covering.......Me.

I have a pony tail//........no big deal because we have no set custom. God is not a God a of confussion and he doesn't contridict himself. There were prophets with long hair and some with no hair.

If ya feel the need to wear a covering before your married then do what you do by faith. Some feel eating pork is a sin yet others do not. We must do or not do everything by faith.

In his love,

Brian

[nebula]

QUOTE:

Is this a sheep or a wolf in sheep's clothing? It can be difficult to tell the difference sometimes.

Silly question. Wolves don't have round heads.

Your point being . . . .

:suspect:

(That one scores a -5 on the debate skills scoring.)

[stevehut]

Your point being . . . . :suspect:

(That one scores a -5 on the debate skills scoring.)

*hehe*

[Catsmeow]

Wow, this thread has been inactive for a while...

I am a "baby" Christian of almost 8 months, and I am convicted to wear a headcovering while praying. I also often wear one outside of prayer.

Now I've been a Christian for 9 years and NEVER felt any conviction or any kind of leading to wear a head covering.

I have had a ton of conviction about loving people and showing kindness and helping the poor and needy...Those kinds of things I've felt a considerable amount of 'leading' for....but never about head coverings.

I think the issue is the condition of a person's heart and not their external appearance...

Naturally, I'm not saying they should dress inappropriately or clad like Brittney Spears...but we are not compelled to look like Arab Muslim's and wear Hajibs either.

It seems like legalism to me...when we really have so many more pressing needs in the area of Christian maturity, such as trusting God and stepping out on faith to help others and similiar important spiritual growth concerns.

[Catsmeow]

My wife wears a covering.......Me.

I have a pony tail//........no big deal because we have no set custom. God is not a God a of confussion and he doesn't contridict himself. There were prophets with long hair and some with no hair.

If ya feel the need to wear a covering before your married then do what you do by faith. Some feel eating pork is a sin yet others do not. We must do or not do everything by faith.

In his love,

Brian

gypc: Thanks for that post...that really does spell it out nicely...

When I was single, I felt Jesus was my covering and that was sufficient for me.

I do believe that this is more of a cultural issue than anything else.

Trivia: Many people don't know why some Arabic women began wearing burkas.

It's NOT what most people think. Originally, women in Afghanistan wore burkas to cover their faces during sandstorms. It keep the sand out of their eyes.

Later on, it became a religious practice as opposed to a rational solution to dust and sand storms.

[ColleenLovesMischief]

I have a pony tail//........no big deal because we have no set custom. God is not a God a of confussion and he doesn't contridict himself. There were prophets with long hair and some with no hair

Why then does the Bible in 1 Corinthians I believe it is say that it is a shame for a man to have long hair? BTW how do you know about prophets hair?

[gypc]

oh boy

[Catsmeow]

Gypc: I hear you!

God'slove: That's easy to answer: Go and check out the word, "Nazerites"...They were consecrated unto God and never cut their hair; according to the requirements of God. Read all of the Book of Numbers and you'll find a ton of information on requirements for Nazerites.

These were people set aside for special purposes by God; there were other restrictions: they could never drink wine or partake of the grape (juice, wine, raisins or fresh grapes) and I believe there were other requirements as well, I can't recall them off hand.

Nazerites were male and female alike, as I understood it. They were consecrated as a Nazerite from birth.

Samson was a Nazerite

[Catsmeow]

Since we aren't all that familiar with Jewish culture, I would say that if you consider traditional Jews today, males keep their hair short but maintain these cute little curly cues on the sides of their heads....It's a 'cultural thing'.

If you feel better wearing head thingys, by all means...go for it..

I don't. Considering how legalistic the Muslim's are and how Satan loves legalism because it takes one's eyes off of the "reason" things are and focus on the ritual itself...(remember the religious Pharisees?) - when legalism raises it's ugly head, I know the source of it.

God is concerned with our heart attitude. The religious Pharisees were so caught up in outward appearances, their hearts were utterly corrupted.

That's what will happen to us if we don't take a lesson.

1 Timothey Ch 1:5 But the goal of our instruction is love from a pure heart and a good

[Guest Called]

I agree catsmeow! All this "stuff" takes our focus off winning souls.

2 Corinthians 10:7

Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? if any man trust to himself that he is Christ's, let him of himself think this again, that, as he is Christ's, even so are we Christ's

John 7:24

Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.