A Covering Question?

Covering Question

We recently had a question asked to us on our blog, that I felt needed to be addressed anyways. So it was a good excuse to write this post.

In reguards to our post “Headcovering – More Than a Wedding Ring”
The question was:

You say in this post that the head scarf is a sign of marriage, but you have many pictures of children wearing headscarfs. Should unmarried women wear a head covering in your opinion?

We must first say we do not know it all. We didn’t mean to sound as if the covering was “the sign of marriage” but “a sign of authority (or position) in marriage under the headship authority” as in 1 Cor. 11:3-16. We write from our personal real life experiences that we have lived, studied, and prayed out. We had decided to start covering a little over a year ago. In the beginning we saw that for one, the Word says to do it! There is no getting around that. Unless you want to walk in a shade of gray. Then the questions became; who, where, and when.

The “why” was answered because God said to do it, and the “how” is on your head, lets not make that to complicated.

For the other questions lets start with the “who”. The bible says:

1 Corinthians 11:5 (KJV)
5 But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.

Here we see it says “every woman” very clearly not just Corinthian woman or woman of that time. I would see this as meaning married or not. This was written in a time, and society where it wasn’t the the norm for woman to go off and pursue a carrier other than marriage. And most were married young, if they did not, they remained in their fathers house, where he (the father) was their head of authority until they would marry.

The “where” question, is a big debate. Just in church or not? If we are to pray without ceasing. Then we should cover all the time.

The “when” Is the other of which we have still been praying and seeking about. When is the age, a girl should begin to cover. We have had our girls cover as they desire to for fun, and when we have them dress up to go to town or church, as a means of training them to be used to it, and to be prepared for the idea, for when they get older. It is also a nice feminine and modest touch. We have a good Mennonite friend in Washington that was telling us how they have their girls begin to cover along with their commitment to God and the church. We feel this is the most appropriate answer we have heard. In this case the young woman would cover to honor her head (her father). Then at the time of marriage, she would then cover to honor her new head (her husband). In this new relationship, there is the new blessing to be found, covering in marriage, as we mentioned in our other post, More than a wedding ring.

We hope this is a help to you, as you read the scriptures for your self. Read through all of 1 Cor 11. Ask the Holy Spirit to guide you! God is good, and he will bless your honest seeking of the truth.