Carole's decision for headcovering
For my wife, headcovering is a personal choice between a woman and God simply because she loves the Lord and wants to submit to Him. It's a matter of woman's understanding of spiritual submission; that it's one of self-denial, surrender andobedience to the one Who first loved us. So this is simply one must realize that the veiling is a symbol of a biblical, spiritual truth regardless what denomination you go to. Christian women who are willing to wear the veiling because it is the symbol of their place in God's order with an attitude toward the Word along with discipleship and obedience. The primary purpose of the sign of the veiled head is to show God's headship order, and the faithful submission to her part in it. One can only fully understand the deep principles it represents when they are experiencing them in their heart and walking them out in their daily life. A woman just feel the conviction (from the Holy Spirit) to wear a headcovering.
Anyway, the reason I know this so well because my wife wears one simply everyday because she wanted to submit to her Lord. She even communicate with a group of online headcovering message board group.
Anyway, in First Corinthians, Paul is addressing this issue in the context of Christian liberty and is not attempting to set a custom for all the churches to observe. My wife and I believe that Paul prescribes the wearing of a head covering by women in corporate worship, not a merely as a cultural convention but as a normative practice which is to be observed in the church in all ages.
Regarding: Head
In greek, there are two different meanings of the word head (kephale). One is a reference to the physical head, the skull, of the man and the woman. The other is a reference to the source and authority of Christ, the man and the woman. Commentators are divided on the meaning of the Greek word ‘kephale’ (head). Some interpret it to mean ‘source,’ while others maintain that it signifies ‘authority.’ Some scholars have examined the evidence and discovered that the Septuagint, the Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible, records a number of places where the term head figuratively means ‘chief’ or ‘ruler.’
We both believe that this applies to "the source and authority of Christ, the man and the woman".
Again, I told my wife that I don't care whether she wears a cover or not. This is HER relationship with our Lord Jesus Christ. If she wants to wear one, I am happy. If she does not want to wear one, I am equally happy. I just don't want to "hinder" her relationship with God.
We also look at other verses for guidance such as:
1 Timothy 2:9-10, "Likewise the women are to adorn themselves in respectable apparel with modesty and sensibleness, not in braids and gold or pearls or expensive clothing, but, as is fitting for women who profess godliness, through good works."
1 Peter 3:3-5, "Let not yours be the external adorning of braiding hair and putting on gold or wearing clothes, but the hidden person of the heart by the imperishable (jewel) of a meek and quiet spirit, which is precious before God."
I want to add that I am using Romans 14:1-23, to allow God to temper our passions and the truth of God to guide our convictions. If my wife feels the convictions from the Holy Spirit, who am I to hinder her relationship with God?
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