Born Again Christians That Wear Scarfes
Editors'due south note: Religious head coverings for women have seemingly always been a hot-button result, merely over the last few years, with the ascension of inter-religious tensions between Christians and Muslims, the issue seems to have become more than polarizing than e'er before. Women who choose to wear a head covering (frequently every bit role of a generally small-scale costume) argue vehemently for the rightness of their determination, while the many women who choose non to do so see their religious counterparts as variously oppressed, brainwashed, or fashion-sense-deprived. Norann Voll, i of our featured bloggers, shares her thoughts on the effect here. She'south not trying to convince you that she's right and you're wrong; she's just giving her perspective as a Christian religious adult female who covers her hair. . . and is proud of it.
I have walked through cities and villages, restaurants and rainforests in the United states of america, Europe, and Commonwealth of australia, and I have always been stared at. That's because I wear a head covering and a long skirt – and, more often than not, I am holding a human'southward paw.
My husband and I have been married for almost eighteen years, and we love to walk hand in hand. When I hold Chris's manus, we joyfully proclaim that nosotros belong to each other. By the way we're dressed, I hope we too make information technology obvious nosotros vest to Jesus – or at least obvious that nosotros don't subscribe to fashion trends.
I've lost runway of how many times my habiliment and caput covering accept given me opportunities to tell others well-nigh the reason for the hope that I have, to witness to simply how much I love Jesus. That's one of the blessings of dressing differently.
Of course, many people who wear "normal" apparel are far more assuming than I am in reaching out to others and sharing the good news of Jesus. I'm not saying at all that I'm a better person for covering my caput or wearing homemade dresses, or that doing and then gives me a gold ticket to heaven.
And then what motivates me? Head covering and modesty have been long-continuing concerns of disciples of Jesus from the very beginning. The campaigner Paul, whom I admire equally standing Jesus' example of honoring women, writes to Timothy, "I also want women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes, but with good deeds, appropriate for women who profess to worship God," and to the Corinthian church building, "that every adult female who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head."
I know, I know. Christian women the globe over bristle near these words. And one puny weblog post isn't exactly going to be a game-changer. Then let me but say that while those Bible references certainly inspire me, my desire to cover my head comes not merely from reading the scriptures or early church history, but from my ain confidence, and the answer to what motivates me is actually pretty simple.
Wearing a head covering and dressing modestly makes me experience liberated.
For me, it'southward not an omen of oppression, but a flag of freedom.
Liberty in the sense of being rightly related to my Creator and enabling me to maintain an attitude of permanent worship. (A quick aside: I like to think the xx minutes I spend prayer-walking my fashion to work each forenoon – when I luxuriate in the holiness of God's ain house with its great blue sky domed to a higher place me and the zebra finches bickering incessantly on the fencerows – are minutes I've stolen from the mirror: I don't vesture make-up either, btw., and I don't have wardrobe/hairstyle decisions to bog downwards the start of my day.)
Freedom from comparison, that ever-lurking "thief of joy," because I am not beholden to any fashion standard, nor am I setting an example that makes some other woman experience unworthy.
And, most blessedly, freedom to allow the right relationships of other men toward me, and ultimately, liberty from the enslavement of objectification. In other words, past endeavoring to dress and behave in the manner I feel most honors my womanhood, I promise I am inspiring men to bear like true men.
Like a temple adorned from the outside with decorations that denote worthiness, my wear consecrates. Communicates.
Sets aside.
Sets apart.
By wearing a head covering, I am making a clear statement to the visible and invisible world that my fidelity is to God.
Simply having said that, my head roofing has never, ever separated me from anyone, or prevented me from forming deep and stiff friendships with many amazing women and men the world over.
They know that for me it is non about piety or perfectionism – but a reminder of the Grace that covers me every day. They respect me because they know that dressing simply gives me a keen sense of peace and belonging.
Belonging to God.
And, as a married woman, belonging to ane excellent human being.
By covering my hair, I'm saying my hairstyle doesn't thing, only my mind, middle, and grapheme exercise. By covering my body, I'chiliad maxim my confidence doesn't come up from fashion or fitness, but from a deep sense of knowing I am worthy just for who I am, not what I wait similar. Wearing a head covering says that I not only accept, just dear, the woman God has created me to be. And the belief that dressing with modesty, dressing with the deepest respect for myself, will in turn awaken respect in others.
But I still go stares and sometimes, in addition, loud exclamations of "You lot look so cute!" or, "Your wear is only so peaceful." Merely ever, always, I get the smashing questions, and love the opportunity to tell people about why I dress the fashion I do.
I dearest all the questions, just the i I'm most often asked is, "Do you lot have to?"
What I hear them proverb is, "Is this really your choice?" I get that, I really do, especially as I'm part of a community in which all women wear the same modest "style."
The respond is no, I don't accept to. I habiliment what I wear because I choose to. For the reasons cited higher up. And then that my 3 sons see that the dearest of Jesus, and the deep beloved and respect of my husband, are all I need to experience whole.
Now, read Norann's thoughts on a related topic: modesty of dress.
To go on up with Norann and her thoughts on motherhood, discipleship, and nifty recipes, follow her on Twitter at @NorannV.
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