It was a Sunday morning and
service just started with worship
and praise on the roll. I walked
to my seat after having to bring
invited folks for service, then as
we ended worship, about to take
our seats, a pretty lady and her
friend walked in, she was cute
as her English dress stood out
too. She made way to sit on an
available chair beside me and
was welcomed to church.
Of one other thing I noticed was
her long hair, black and shining
but still had it covered with a
veil or scarf as generally
referred to. After some time I
noticed that she was observing
every other lady and I think she
discovered most of them were
without a scarf to cover their
hair and she then decided to
remove hers. It was then time
for a word of prayer and her
friend picked up her scarf to
cover her hair for her, and she
refused saying ‘’ am not using
it, moreover it’s not a must.
Look at other ladies ‘’ and the
scene ended that way.
I was back home some weeks
later watching a television
broadcast of a particular
ministry with an elderly man
and he condemned the fact that
‘’ ladies shown in that broadcast
had their hairs un-covered and
also had their lips and face
painted’’ as he said. I was slow
to respond to him considering
the fact that, he was an elderly
man I respected and I may not
win the argument as it would
turn to one so I taught it was
good I keep quiet as I just
shook my head to the
acceptance of what he said and
dissatisfaction to his comment .
Thinking about this made me
conduct an opinion poll
questioned ‘’ Why I won’t go to
Church with my hair covered’’.
Some responses were explosive
of new dimensions to the issue,
most of which were reference to
1 Corinthians 11. Some of
which I would share with you,
others am still trying to
comprehend.
Below are 6 comments by some
readers of this blog. Remember
you could drop yours too at the
end of this piece.
-I believe that the famous and
only text about this is (1 Cor
11) and it has been
misunderstood. It’s head
covering not hair, there is a
difference. The hair is already
covering the head, a thorough
meditation on that would
expose the truth.
- It’s an act of disrespect to
God, sometimes when I go to
Church and forget my cap at
home, I enter the church and
sit at the bank.
- I don’t know if it would be
generally acceptable, but I can
go to church without a scarf
because my hair actually
covers my head.
- It’s not a command but a
doctrine, but in the bible we
were told that we should let
our hair be a covering for our
head.
- It’s simple. Moving in the
light of revelation, it’s just
that we have made a doctrine
of many things based on our
culture.
- If females are mandated to
cover their hair in your
church, please follow suite
otherwise change your church
where you could leave your
hair free.
- The passage everyone is
referring to here, to me talks
about the relationship between
a woman and her
responsibility to her husband
as a sign of being bound to
him.
You could be asking where
really do I stand? I live by a life
of believe and as scripture
explained that we worship God
in the truth we know and in
spirit. It takes an act of faith to
acknowledge that every act we
take towards pleasing him is
acceptable, as ‘’without faith, it
is impossible to please him’’.
I have come to understand as a
friend rightly said that there was
no standard law as to covering
of hair in the old/new testament.
Considering the aspect of the
letter Paul wrote on the issue, he
made his points clear. Some of
which are:
. He did not say it is irreverent
for women to appear with heads
uncovered. He didn’t even
insinuate it.
. He did not say it displeases
God.
And lastly, He did say it is the
custom. And it is wise to abide
by the custom.
Those who believe in women
wearing external “head-
coverings” or bonnets on their
heads will argue that even
though long hair is a covering
(indefinite article), women still
need to wear an additional
covering or bonnet on their
heads. This is easily disproved
with the Bible. The same
passage that tells women to be
covered tells men not to be
covered.
Therefore, if this were talking
about something other than long
hair (i.e. a “head-covering” or
bonnet), it would be a sin for a
man to wear it while praying or
prophesying. This is directly in
contradiction with many Old
Testament passages that
command the Old Testament
priests to wear bonnets and
mitres while ministering in the
priests office
So here comes my view. I stand
to correct my view from time to
time as I understand the whole
issue more. I believe the way I
was raised is having a lot to
decide my stand. Scarf is always
being requested for when
prayers are said in the home, so
we believe strongly in covering
of the female hair. Visit
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