Even though I have not said anything about this to any of my friends or family. This topic was brought to my attention around this time last year. After reading other blogs and forum posts on it, I decided that I would deal with 1 Corinthians 11 when I got there.
For those who do not know, I have been attempting to read the entire bible in 52 weeks… following the reading plan I found here: http://www.bible-reading.com/bible-plan.html
Yesterday I started week 14. I saw the week ahead’s reading plan and thought “Oh my, 1 Corinthians 11 already? Well, I knew I had to deal with it sometime, here goes…”
First I read the chapter, actually the first section of the chapter (verses 2-16), then I reread it looking for a way to play the words so that “head” didn’t mean a person’s literal head, or that covering didn’t mean literally covering ones head. Nothing I could come up with would hold in a court of law, it was written in black and white.
Next I went and looked up the Greek meanings of certain key words, trying to find a way to prove that the translation could be off. That didn’t work out either.
Finally, I resorted to searching online for commentaries. All the commentaries I found told me what I already knew at this point. Here is the one that made me give up and accept what is written…
So that’s it. God has revealed the truth to me about head coverings. It took some time, and a lot of head-butting, but He has made it blatantly clear, and I am going to do as He asks, in obedience to Him. At this stage I will only be covering during my prayer time and for church, I’m testing the waters on this, one little baby step at a time.
One more thing:
I'm adding this in after the post, about a day after all my research. It was mentioned to me (I am assuming the person would like to stay anonymous) that a woman's hair is meant to be her covering... 1 Corinthians 11:15. That verse was the only one I had to back up that we no longer needed to cover. Personally, I would rather be safe than sorry on this matter. It was only around the time that feminism took it's grip on the world that women stopped wearing hats to church. Therefore I remaining with my original decision for the time being - I will cover during my prayer time, and for church at the moment. The other thing is that I decided that I won't be covering with a cloth for church, but rather just wearing a hat, like was done in my great grandparents time. If God speaks to me and tells me differently then so be it.
I strongly believe that each person should listen to their own heart on this matter. Whichever way God convicts you, that is the way you should go. I'm not saying I am right, in actual fact, I think that whether we cover our heads or not is a rather petty matter, and it should not be something that divides the church. You, as an individual, need to decide this for yourself.
One more thing:
I'm adding this in after the post, about a day after all my research. It was mentioned to me (I am assuming the person would like to stay anonymous) that a woman's hair is meant to be her covering... 1 Corinthians 11:15. That verse was the only one I had to back up that we no longer needed to cover. Personally, I would rather be safe than sorry on this matter. It was only around the time that feminism took it's grip on the world that women stopped wearing hats to church. Therefore I remaining with my original decision for the time being - I will cover during my prayer time, and for church at the moment. The other thing is that I decided that I won't be covering with a cloth for church, but rather just wearing a hat, like was done in my great grandparents time. If God speaks to me and tells me differently then so be it.
I strongly believe that each person should listen to their own heart on this matter. Whichever way God convicts you, that is the way you should go. I'm not saying I am right, in actual fact, I think that whether we cover our heads or not is a rather petty matter, and it should not be something that divides the church. You, as an individual, need to decide this for yourself.
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