Just to be Clear About the Head Covering for Women or not the Head Covering for Men.

Men didn't force women to wear coverings in the worship of God, women chose to to it in obedience to God.

Men didn't force women to stop wearing the coverings in the worship of God, women chose to remove it and go with the world.

So you see, women made their own choices to obey or disobey God, the men had nothing to do with it except to teach the truth and the women saw the truth and complied with what GOD said.

Many years ago I was reading 1 Corinthians 11, questioning and praying for understanding about this passage. As I prayed the Lord compelled me to show it to my husband without explanation and receive a confirmation about what God had been telling me.

I handed the Bible to my husband open to the Corinthians passage and simply asked: "what do you think of this" without giving any explanation.

My husband read the passage handed the Bible back to me and said; "I think God is commanding the women to be converted and the men to be uncovered."

That was my confirmation that God really did say what He meant and that I was to obey it. I had no command from my husband to do it, but I did have his full support when I decided to do it.

Nearly everywhere I went after that I wore a covering in the gathering, not out in the world, it was not for the world it was for the angels and in the worship. And, nearly every gathering I have been in with a couple of exceptions I was the only woman in the gatherings with a covering on, except those from other countries from time to time.

I have lost friends over this matter not because I spoke about it but because they were embarrassed of me. I rarely speak of it to others unless led by the Holy Spirit but the mere wearing of it causes women to isolate from me as though I am someone strange. Yet, just one generation ago all women were wearing something on their heads in church gatherings and even out in the culture.

I realized that most women who were wearing the hats were doing so because it was the fashion at the time and they never knew of the Scripture about the covering. So when fashion changed the women changed their practice too.

I notice though that the men still practice not being covered, but don't know why. If a man came into the church building in any church they would be asked to remove it, they think it is out of respect or something. They do not know the passage about being uncovered for the man has to do with the angels and obedience to God.

My mother used to wear hats to her church all her life until fashion changed. She had a saying; "an outfit without a hat is like cake without the frosting", this is a clue that it was according to fashion rather than the Bible.

Let's not make our choices to obey God about cultural traditions or fashions, lets let our choices be about obedience to God.

Something to think about!