Posted on 07/16/2005 5:46:38 AM PDT by Desdemona
LOL! Probably not, TC. I hear humidity plays cruel tricks on people with naturally curly hair too.
For me, wearing a head covering in church is a symbol of my respect and a mark of my committment..
Now I haven't cut my hair in 10 years. Mostly cause I always wanted to let it grow as long as it would get, but my mom, God rest her soul, would always nag me into cutting it. After she passed, I stopped cutting my hair. Its past my waist, but I usually wear it up.
I do have some grey, but I do have some Clairol for when that gets on my nerves too bad....
It's terrible. Either I can spend my whole life fussing with my hair - and still look like a werewolf - or I can keep it 3" long - and look exactly like my mother. Maybe in 2025 when the kids have all left home and I'm totally gray, I'll try long hair again.
I still get nagged, but won't let people talk me into it again.
I was just curious as to the sentiments of the ladies on this forum on this concept.
I think the author addressed that here: There is no question that she may pray or prophesy — that is understood to be the task of every believer. And yet, by drawing attention away from her natural “glory,” she causes men and angels alike to avoid temptation.
Humbly hiding her beauty is how I'm reading her answer. That's not a bad thing.
My issue is still with the cultural concerns argument.
What does a "cultural concern" have to do with it? We are to be modest and humble in our lives. Right now that is really counter-cultural, but I'm not sure to what your statement refers.
I have studied the passages in Corinthians and am convinced by scripture that women should wear a headcovering during worship. I have been queried, stared at, and made fun of, but I know that it is the right thing to do.
Submission is the key issue and the headcovering is the symbol of that submission. It has been my experience that putting on the hat was a reminder to me that I am in submission and also a reminder to my husband that I am his responsibility.
With your houseful, I don't blame you!
Historically, in Europe, long loose hair was for unmarried girls. In a lot of places, once they got married, they wore their hair covered, and often cut it short. I can see why, when there's so much to do keeping house the old ways.
Growing hair long means you got to live with it in the inbetween stages. But, on the other hand, I can fix my hair almost immediately, by twisting it into a bun and pinning it with a chopstick or something. But I wasn't chasing after 7 kids while trying to get it to that point!
The cultural argument is mentioned in the article, that most of this relates to a bygone era that had cultural reasons for observing what it observed.
I can also think of good reasons to "greet one another with a holy kiss."
But, just because I have respectable reasons, does that mean we should start greeting one another with kisses instead of handshakes?
In my part of the country, ff I dressed with the traditional type of head coverings and simple Mennonite style clothing that are starting to show up in women who are trying to live the modest way, people would peg me for being a member of a polygamist fundamentalist Mormon group.
Not the message I want to convey.
Dressing modestly becomes a more interesting challenge.
If the hair is supposed to be the "covering", as is commonly taught today, then men with hair are dishonoring their head (Christ), because their heads are covered with hair.
Didn't Jesus and most of his Apostles wear their hair long?
That is an interesting dilemma.
Appearances do make a difference sometimes, and in your case thinking this through so you send the right message is important.
It's not that I don't appreciate biblical instructions, but there are a few overarching lessons in the New Testament. One of those top lessons is that we are "free" in Christ. Without violating other clear guidelines, there's a lot of flexibility regarding hair and coverings.
"In my part of the country, ff I dressed with the traditional type of head coverings and simple Mennonite style clothing that are starting to show up in women who are trying to live the modest way, people would peg me for being a member of a polygamist fundamentalist Mormon group.
Not the message I want to convey."
Same thing I'm wrestling with. I always wear my best outfit to Mass, but the few times I wore a hat, people just stared. I would rather not take attention from the Eucharist.
I wear hats anyway.
Like you, I like to dress well for mass, to show my respect. And I wear hats a lot.
One lady came up to me one day and told me how glad she was that I wore my hats...she just wasn't yet able to do it. I discovered that in some ways, I am wearing them for the ladies who feel too uncomfortable in this hatless time to break with the barehead standard and wear their head covered.
Since I've been doing that, a few other ladies started wearing mantilla scarves or other head coverings, which is neat.
How do you know this? Were you there?
Do you know of a certainty that their hair was long enough to cover their shoulders, like a woman's hair?
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Setting a good example has many rewards both seen and unseen!
Note the Question Mark (?) in my previous post. I was asking a question, NOT making a statement.
You're my hero!
You weren't there either. You really think ancient people of the Middle East wore neat,perfectly coiffed hair? About as believeable as Jesus looking like Max Von Sadow!
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