Today I wore a covering in my church for the first time. I am there only one there who covers my head (for now) but I didn't feel weird about it. As you said in your previous video it's between me and God and I don't care what anyone else thinks. Wow. For the first time in my adult life I don't care what anyone else thinks. That is a powerful statement! Praise God. He is so mighty. Anyway... I wore a scarf on my head.
I have recently been feeling the call to cover my head and right now I've just been using a beanie. Ive tried using scarves but I havent been successful with those yet. Thank you for clarifying that the type of covering isnt really important!
I wear my beanie all the time it's my go to. I wear scarves when I dress up outside the house and for church. I personally dont like double wrapping my head I usually only do 1 layer and tie twice in the back having tails or doing side tails. I've been looking into veil and shawls, hoods, easy breezy kinda style. Currently looking for an underscarf I can wear like I do my beanie and then have shawls and scarfs I can just grab and drape over my head and go. Thinking like old Hollywood glam if I was to go riding in a convertible with the top down lol. I have looked a lot at russian women and tons of old pictures throughout history, looking at folk clothes is fun. Some do the simplest scarf just thrown over the shoulder. I like the pictures of women who cover like the pictures of the virgin Mary. I either drape like that or I tie 2 knots in the back so it's either 2 tails or 1 tail in a princess veil type tie. So if I'm at the youth ministry I'm ok wearing my beanie but if I'm at our regular service I wear a scarf, I was so bold I wore a beautiful white scarf in a princess veil last week to church. Ppl really don't notice because we are a racially mixed church, some ppl cover for hair reasons some might cover for religion and for me I'm not caring y others at church cover but it does make it easier for me. It might be more obvious on some than others. No ones ever asked me.
@@lyssalouise2705 1 Thessalonians 5:17 “pray without ceasing” Because of that verse many can be convicted to wear a head covering at all times. Plus what if you are out and about and want to make a quick prayer? If you are always wearing your covering you’re good to go.
Thank you for these videos. This is my second time head covering. In the past, I have allowed other people opinions to influence my decisions. This year, I'm more spiritually mature, and I don't care what others say. I now cover full-time. I am currently wearing veils, winter hats, and scarfs for head coverings. I love it, I feel closer to our Lord. Thank you for the videos and support. ❤️
I started this journey today! I have a wide headband for the moment, but I did find a relatively cheap lace tie head covering coming in the mail soon! I don't know that I've been more excited to be obedient in something. This journey really brings me joy in humility, and surrender. My husband is joyful in my journey and is pleased with seeing me so into scripture.
I typically dress vintage. So I wear vintage 1940s hats. It's kind of my incognito way of covering because people just assume I'm just dressing vintage. Because I don't really want to draw attention to myself.
I’m considering starting to veil regularly. My first real experience with it was earlier this year when Iw as an extra on a first-century TV show and had to cover my head for 2 weeks, and I have to admit that I liked it. Something about the thought of covering my head and following scriptures feels so gentle and soft and modest. ❤
@@TheBibleNerd334 The way you were introduced to headcovering sounds very interesting and unique! Glad it led you to consider this issue seriously. Yes, as a headcovering woman myself I agree with you that it makes one feel "so gentle and soft and modest." Beautiful way to put it! ~Jessica
I chopped up an innapropirate top and converted it into a head covering. I always liked the pattern of the top so I repurposed it simply buy cutting it into a long rectangle and I used it to wrap my head leaving an opening for a messy bun.
I love the traditional Spanish mantillas that I grew up with in the Catholic Church. My Grandmother used to wear the manitilla to Church. I started to wear one now.
I was in a church many years ago who used head coverings when praying, so I am failure with it, but haven't been wearing a head covering since. I had covid in December, and my hair has been "shedding" for about 3 or 4 weeks now, and is getting very thin. I did get a shorter hair cut when the shedding started. I was researching head covers, and found this channel. Wow, I am so amazed at the Biblical truth on why to cover my head. I've ordered some pre-tied scarves to start. Thank you for such good videos.
I bought 3 different wide headbands to start. They were also 3 different styles to see what I like. One with a lace edge widens to 14", a stretchy one widens to 9", and a plain black one that widens to 5". Super easy to wear all the time and widen them out over my head when needed. Now I feel much more comfortable wearing the longest one fully extended at church.
Nice presentation. I decided to do a slow transition at the beginning of the school year when I started back to my school job. If you remake your video, could you demonstrate wearing these easy head covering-styles please? It would be nice to see you show what you are talking about. Thank you.
@Becoming His Crown I've never made one, but I'm sure it does! Thanks for the hard work!! What about doing a super short video slideshow style of pictures showing you wearing each style in the order you mentioned them?
Thanks for sharing this! I have no idea yet, but these were great ideas to start with. This winter I used a crocheted cap I pinned on my hair when I didn't want to do it, but I can use that purposefully now. I am nervous, but I feel a stronger and stronger conviction to do so.
Thank you for this video! At home I often headcover with my fluffy dressing gown that has a hood, I also use hoodie jackets and scarfs. Out in the world I am still nervous about it 🙇🏻♀️
A Christians woman's head covering or prayer veiling I don't feel should be a ball cap or a headband there's no sign of separation in those ,but a special head veiling ,there's all different types that are more appropriate than ball cap or something like that. "My personal feelings".
I too, feel that a covering is different from a hat worn for head protection (like a warm knit cap for the cold weather or a rain bonnet). But they do in a pinch, nothing wrong there. And as the video states, they are wonderful for transitioning into this change, and may be less unsettling to ones’ family/friends/self consciousness than a sudden change.
When I first started head covering I was totally clueless about what to wear, and having always felt my hair didn't go well with hats I didn't even have a hat -- other than a winter wool hat. That was back in 2018 and I didn't see many options. I ended up buying somewhat Muslum style head coverings in different colors, but I never felt comfortable in them. I felt they were ugly on me (to be honest -- and that's because of some extra weight), and I worried that I looked Muslim. I ended up returning to not covering my head after a week-long stay in the hospital where I never wore a covering. I just kind of breathed a sigh of relief and dropped the idea entirely (partly because most of my focus was on health issues and not head covering issues as well). I ended up giving all but one of my "new" coverings to a thrift store, not wanting to wear them again. Then in 2023 I found myself wanting to wear a head covering again but determined to find something that felt more natural to me and would go better with my clothing. I also returned to wearing long skirts. This time I am finding a LOT of head covering videos online and lots of head covering choices I really didn't seem to run into before -- or didn't notice. I am LOVING wearing the "triangle bandana" style, tied at the nape of the neck. With hair coming out the bottom I do not feel I look like a Muslim anymore (though my housemate, another Christian woman, says I look Russian, haha). It is so easy to wear and I got it in linen because I live in an area that gets very hot and I know 100% flax linen is much better for super hot environments, while at the same time it can be warming to some extent even in the cold. I also like to cover my head when I am sleeping ("because of the angels" from 1 Corinthians 11). I had a hard time finding something that would be easy to sleep in and also not fall off easily. I discovered that a cotton "neck gaiter" -- often used for Covid masking by some people -- works great for me. I just pull it down over my head and then back up to my hairline and the length of the "gaiter" covers my hair all the way past my shoulders several inches. It's very comfortable. I ended up getting two different kinds. One was cheaper (on Etsy) at 10 dollars, but the one I got during Covid masking was closer to 16 dollars, is better quality and better made and overall just better. (I got that one on Amazon, never guessing I would use it as a nightcap!) The same gaiter can also be bunched up different ways to wear like a wide headband, but I have not experimented with that much, at least not yet. I thought it was a relief to stop wearing the head coverings that made me worry I looked like a Muslim was a very tiny relief compared to the relief I find now, over 4 years later, by getting back into head covering. And this whole episode of stopping for so long is a BIG reminder to me how easily I can get off the straight and narrow if I don't daily make sure to STAY ON IT. I have a sort of lifetime bad habit of throwing "the baby out with the bathwater," and I know I need to work on this more now as well. Last but not least, I am the only person I know who head covers. All times considered at this point I have only covered my head for a little over four months, but in all that time not one person has asked me about it, though I have chosen to talk about it to my closest friends. Oh, and I'm turning 70 this year. Better late than never, but how I regret not having come to the straight and narrow much, much, much earlier in life...!!! God bless!
@WholeBibleBelieverWoman Thank you for sharing your headcovering story! It certainly is a journey with a lot of learning along the way, for all of us who headcover. Good to hear that you came back to it after a little break. :) ~Jessica
Wow thank you for you obedience to Jesus Christ may many others come out of disobedience to the word of God and be able to continue in His grace and mercy. God bless you dear lady ! Jesus said, "if ye love me, keep my commandments". John 14 kjv
The Bible in Corinthians says your hair is your glory and to cover your glory with a veil when in the presence of God or prophesying which would also mean teaching about God in any way. If you start teaching or talking about God in public others will look on (this happens to me sometimes). We must be prepared then by having our heads covered as Corinthians says it is power on our heads.
I am a back woman and are afros can get really large. As a white woman, you are able to wear your head covering and still wear your hair unbound and relaxed/down. As a black woman my hair grows differently it grows big and like a cotton ball. Since I notice that you don't cover all your hair is it ok if my head covering is at the top of my head underparts of my afro that still allow me to wear my heart as a black woman and not have my hair away tied up or back. Having it around my big hair just looks strange? Please give advice
Maybe check out some other black women who cover? It's going to be harder for the white woman who made this video (or me, as a white woman) to give you advice. :)
Thanks for the question. We believe this video should be of some help to show you the freedom you have in choosing a style: th-cam.com/video/ppyqXQSIrLg/w-d-xo.html You have a lot of freedom sister to make something work with your afro hair style. Feel free to be creative and don't feel obligated to have an unrealistic expectation that your hair must be hidden or straightened (as the video demonstrates).
It is beautiful to see your deep conviction that this is God's plan for us as Christian women according to 1 Corinthians 11 and your heart to help women ease into making this change. I am careful not to judge others about their headcovering style, but was a bit unclear about the ball cap. Then God helped me see that it's because the ball cap is more of a man's headwear. I believe a ball cap takes away the femininity of a headcovering even when feminized with colors or accessories to make them appealing to women. It is a subtle blurring of men/women clothing styles. Just offering this for your consideration, but still not judging if God convicts you differently.
Thanks I never considered wearing a fashion hat to work. Especially my line of work this might be the perfect option when dealing with new client meetings and extensive travel and not always knowing what type of group or community I'm walking into but still being honest to my convictions. I have bit of spending money I've held onto trying to decide my invest pieces and with seasons changing maybe I can find some good deals on not just scarves but fashion hats too. I've always dreamed of a burgundy large floppy brimmed wool hat
I have trouble coming up with a good covering for work too. I work in a bridal shop, black uniform, but got to be very neat and professional looking. I’m trying to find something streamlined and tailored rather than soft or bunchy. Anybody got ideas/recommendations?
WONDERFUL tips! Thank you so much! I'm wondering if you have any suggestions for always having a head covering with you? I cover part time, and it's really frustrating when I have to pray and I don't have a head covering! Any suggestions from anyone would help! Thx!
I have a friend who incorporates a large thin scarf or shawl into her outfits, sometimes simply draping the thin rectangular ones across her throat and letting them hang down her back like on an outfit from India.
There are many comfortable head covering options. Some of us do not want to attract attention to our heads because we may live in parts of the world where there are nearly no covering women at all and that tends to be the areas where a women will get noticed, questioned, possibly even accused of legalism, or other actions. I did find hoodies to be very easy when I was new to this 30 years ago. Also, any cotton or comfortable beanie in your pocket or purse is a good option for those who may be timid about it, or live among people who try to discourage them from covering. As the video said, scarves, expandable cloth headbands, sun hats, church hats, berets...etc., they all cover the head. The Biblical passage that teaches this is 1 Corinthians chapter 11:2-16 and it provides 3 reasons “why” yet does not prescribe any particular color or style. Yes a ball cap certainly covers a head and may be appropriate in some churches, for some women. For me personally it is a bit too masculine looking, but I would never judge any type of covering. Any head covering is going to be approved of by me, thanks to this New Testament teaching, and the color, shape, and style are up to each Christian woman to find. Thank you!!
It’s talking about covering the hair because it is her glory and to cover it on the presence of God’s glory to give the glory to God. The hair not the head.
@@reflectionsinthebible3579 ...in the original Greek language the passage gives 3 reasons for covering, the headship order, the creation order, and the angels. It says to wear a katakalupto on your kephale which is head, not the word for hair. Yes, one has hair on growing on the head but we are to place the katakalupto on our head. But do apply the verses in the way you believe you are called. God bless you and thank you.
I'm new at this. God showed me He wants me to cover now. 😊 I go to the gym, and the head scarfs I have are tight and too HOT. Today I got a Adidas Hat from TJ Maxx to wear at the gym because I pray A Lot while at the gym. Joyces Coverings has doilies lace style coverings. I like them ok due to the church I go to wears those.
I'm recently getting into head covering. God has been calling me to it for a while. I suffer from migraines so I'm mostly wearing a beanie to keep my head warm. But on warmer days I've been wearing a scarf. I find the most challenging thing is that if I'm going to be somewhere indoors for example at a bar. It is not practical to wear a hat unless it's cold. So then I'd need to take an alternative covering to put on. I feel a bit awkward doing this in public. So I'm not sure how to approach this yet. Maybe wearing something like a bandana under my beanie. I'll have to see what works.
You guys I need advice. I’ve been wearing my head covering and a skirt for the past 4 days at school and I am starting to feel really drained and I’m starting to feel like this is what I have to do so the Lord can be pleased with me😔 is it okay if I just wear it when I pray? Do I have to wear it all the time? I will keep continuing to pray on it as well
Hi Leshae, I'm so sorry you're feeling that way. The Lord being pleased with you is not determined by what you wear or what you do, but because you're his child through faith. May I make a recommendation? I'd encourage you to pick up a copy of Jerry Bridges book "The Gospel for Real Life." This will re-enforce the gospel and your Christian identity which is the foundation. Skirts are one way to achieve modesty (which is the command, not a particular style), but not the only way. Likewise, head covering is not commanded to be worn all the time. Here's a video on the where/when of wearing a head covering: www.headcoveringmovement.com/articles/where-are-head-coverings-to-practiced-in-church-or-everywhere
I wonder about if they are to be worn all the time too😅. I know we are to wear them when we pray, and we are always supposed to be ready to pray. One person I know incorporates a good-sized thin scarf or shawl into her (very stylish) outfit, and just tosses it up on her head whenever she prays. I can’t keep up with a loose scarf 😂 so I have my covering pinned firmly to my hair. Less fuss for me, but I’m currently looking for a covering that looks a little more modern.
That is a common experience. You may enjoy the testimonies on our page, as well as this article... www.headcoveringmovement.com/articles/will-you-stand-alone-a-call-to-be-the-first-to-cover www.headcoveringmovement.com/testimonies
I often use wide, extendable headbands and scarves! I do have a question though: in the morning when I am reading my Bible and praying, I often just use a blanket because I've just woken up, do you think that is acceptable?
So, I have a question. I have thought about wearing a head covering, buy I am afraid of being mistaken as a Muslim. What should I do to avoid this and still cover my head properly?
We'd recommend not using the Hijab style but using a different one that is not associated with Islam. Here's a practical article that might help: www.headcoveringmovement.com/articles/a-guide-to-head-covering-styles
God says that they have a form of Godliness but deny the power thereof. It’s not wrong to wear any style. And it might actually help you to witness to muslims. Of God decides on that.
I've been searching of whether to wear head covering or not show me argued against that 1st Corinthians 11 verse 16 says that the church as a practice these things anymore as a first saying that we don't need to what are your guys's thoughts on verse 11:16
Great question, Beth. Here's our article on this verse and why it's a reason for head covering (rather than evidence against it): www.headcoveringmovement.com/articles/why-head-coverings-reason-4-church-practice
Is there anyway i can reach out to any ladies at the head covering movement? I do not have Facebook or social media. This is my husband's TH-cam account.
I’ve warn a shall for head covering starting at home. I am researching this topic because I feel something about this with God and I’ve read it a few times over in the bible. So yes, my question is...... Do we have to wear a head covering? Also why doesn’t the church say this? Also I’ve had a thought about having my hair long, so is that our covering? I’m on this topic and I asked our Lord about this.
Hi, thanks for your question. The church for 1500 years has unanimously practiced this symbol so we're the exemption today (although to be fair, some church groups have preserved it). This video should be helpful on long hair: th-cam.com/video/XqzYQR2olF4/w-d-xo.html
I've made myself a modesty pinterest board and most of what I've saved are women also with headcovers, I've looked at all the beautiful womens diff styles around the world through the ages and anytime I feel unsure because I'm still finding my own style that's flattering I love looking at the pictures. U would truly be surprised all the inventive and creative stylish ways women have covered for thousands of years, there's nothing u are dealing with they too have faced and when it comes to practical u may he surprised at what traditional folk styles might speak to you in some way.
Pinterest! Ooohhh, I’ll check it out👍🏻 Edit: I tried looking you up on Pinterest using your TH-cam name, but didn’t find anything. Is the board you mentioned still available for viewing?
Any stores actually carry under scarves? I am not an online shopper I just never really liked shopping online. But my guess there's stuff out there but probably not what I'm looking for. :( I might have to cave and get my underscarf on the internet
The purpose of "head covering" is to cover the distraction of your long beautiful hair.....(which women envy and men admire). Covering the skull part of your head only, defeats the purpose. Your lovely long hair is a distraction. Pinned up hair under a scarf, or cap is modest. We don't want our hair to be a distraction, do we?????
Karen, you may find this video of interest: th-cam.com/video/ppyqXQSIrLg/w-d-xo.html It explains what kind of covering the Bible does/doesn't require, also addressing the issue you mentioned. ~Jessica
A head covering as a ball cap or a beautiful hat that proclaims Christian woman's elegance or her glory in God's presence is not a Christian woman head covering ; a Christian woman head covering , for example a simple and large scarf tied or not , doesn't proclaim Christian woman's elegance , but rather clearly and only proclaims God's ordained hierarchy ( 1st Cor.11: 3 ) for God's glory .
@@williambrewer , because unlike a simple and large scarf a ball cap as an ornamental head covering draws more attention to Christian woman's elegance or glory than to God's ordained hierarchy . Woman's long hair is not her covering , or her veil ; but rather her ornament , her glory ( 1st Cor.11:15 , André Chouraqui Bible version ) , that's one of the reasons for which God's word asks a Christian woman to cover her head , or her long hair , or her ornament , or her glory , in God's glorious presence ( 1st Cor.11:7 ).
@@EXODUSVERSESto Okay. I guess I think a woman's long hair is a 'kind' of covering. Not the covering Paul asks for to be used for prayer, but nature's way of showing she is not the head. A woman instinctively knows it is befitting to her role and therefore is glorious to her to groom her hair long. I do not think they translate it best when they translate it "her glory", for it should be translated "a glory". The reason I think this is the better way is because of the contrast that Paul is using. It is a shame to a man but a glory to a woman. I do not think their hair is what is being covered for that is itself a covering but rather the head is what is to be covered (which admitted covers the hair). He is saying nature bears witness to the fact that she should be covered when praying to God for even nature itself gives her a sort of covering.
It's a symbol that represents God's ordained hierarchy. God-Christ-man-woman. It's a symbol to be worn during prayer or prophecy. It helps everyone recognized the hierarchical order.
Today I wore a covering in my church for the first time. I am there only one there who covers my head (for now) but I didn't feel weird about it. As you said in your previous video it's between me and God and I don't care what anyone else thinks. Wow. For the first time in my adult life I don't care what anyone else thinks. That is a powerful statement! Praise God. He is so mighty. Anyway... I wore a scarf on my head.
I have recently been feeling the call to cover my head and right now I've just been using a beanie. Ive tried using scarves but I havent been successful with those yet. Thank you for clarifying that the type of covering isnt really important!
I wear my beanie all the time it's my go to. I wear scarves when I dress up outside the house and for church. I personally dont like double wrapping my head I usually only do 1 layer and tie twice in the back having tails or doing side tails. I've been looking into veil and shawls, hoods, easy breezy kinda style. Currently looking for an underscarf I can wear like I do my beanie and then have shawls and scarfs I can just grab and drape over my head and go. Thinking like old Hollywood glam if I was to go riding in a convertible with the top down lol. I have looked a lot at russian women and tons of old pictures throughout history, looking at folk clothes is fun. Some do the simplest scarf just thrown over the shoulder. I like the pictures of women who cover like the pictures of the virgin Mary. I either drape like that or I tie 2 knots in the back so it's either 2 tails or 1 tail in a princess veil type tie. So if I'm at the youth ministry I'm ok wearing my beanie but if I'm at our regular service I wear a scarf, I was so bold I wore a beautiful white scarf in a princess veil last week to church. Ppl really don't notice because we are a racially mixed church, some ppl cover for hair reasons some might cover for religion and for me I'm not caring y others at church cover but it does make it easier for me. It might be more obvious on some than others. No ones ever asked me.
@@fatgirl5651 no it’s just when we pray or maybe if you feel convicted at church. Read 1 Corinthians 11:1-16
I like hats so far. I'm a new head coverer.
@@lyssalouise2705 1 Thessalonians 5:17 “pray without ceasing”
Because of that verse many can be convicted to wear a head covering at all times. Plus what if you are out and about and want to make a quick prayer? If you are always wearing your covering you’re good to go.
Thank you for these videos. This is my second time head covering. In the past, I have allowed other people opinions to influence my decisions. This year, I'm more spiritually mature, and I don't care what others say. I now cover full-time. I am currently wearing veils, winter hats, and scarfs for head coverings. I love it, I feel closer to our Lord. Thank you for the videos and support. ❤️
I started this journey today! I have a wide headband for the moment, but I did find a relatively cheap lace tie head covering coming in the mail soon! I don't know that I've been more excited to be obedient in something. This journey really brings me joy in humility, and surrender. My husband is joyful in my journey and is pleased with seeing me so into scripture.
We're so happy to hear Jenni!!! Yay!
I typically dress vintage. So I wear vintage 1940s hats. It's kind of my incognito way of covering because people just assume I'm just dressing vintage. Because I don't really want to draw attention to myself.
I’m considering starting to veil regularly. My first real experience with it was earlier this year when Iw as an extra on a first-century TV show and had to cover my head for 2 weeks, and I have to admit that I liked it. Something about the thought of covering my head and following scriptures feels so gentle and soft and modest. ❤
@@TheBibleNerd334 The way you were introduced to headcovering sounds very interesting and unique! Glad it led you to consider this issue seriously. Yes, as a headcovering woman myself I agree with you that it makes one feel "so gentle and soft and modest." Beautiful way to put it!
~Jessica
I chopped up an innapropirate top and converted it into a head covering. I always liked the pattern of the top so I repurposed it simply buy cutting it into a long rectangle and I used it to wrap my head leaving an opening for a messy bun.
I do this all the time...but a thrift store top in a good fabric and make it into a headtie.😂
I feel a ball caps and beanies are a wonderful way to cover your head and not make those around you feel uncomfortable.
I love the traditional Spanish mantillas that I grew up with in the Catholic Church. My Grandmother used to wear the manitilla to Church. I started to wear one now.
Great choice!
I was in a church many years ago who used head coverings when praying, so I am failure with it, but haven't been wearing a head covering since. I had covid in December, and my hair has been "shedding" for about 3 or 4 weeks now, and is getting very thin. I did get a shorter hair cut when the shedding started. I was researching head covers, and found this channel. Wow, I am so amazed at the Biblical truth on why to cover my head. I've ordered some pre-tied scarves to start. Thank you for such good videos.
Glad you found them helpful and encouraging!
I bought 3 different wide headbands to start. They were also 3 different styles to see what I like. One with a lace edge widens to 14", a stretchy one widens to 9", and a plain black one that widens to 5". Super easy to wear all the time and widen them out over my head when needed. Now I feel much more comfortable wearing the longest one fully extended at church.
Nice presentation. I decided to do a slow transition at the beginning of the school year when I started back to my school job. If you remake your video, could you demonstrate wearing these easy head covering-styles please? It would be nice to see you show what you are talking about. Thank you.
I thought the same thing. That while discussing each one she could have been wearing each style to show it. 👍
@Becoming His Crown you could always remake it like Lila suggested. Maybe?? 😬😅
@Becoming His Crown I've never made one, but I'm sure it does! Thanks for the hard work!! What about doing a super short video slideshow style of pictures showing you wearing each style in the order you mentioned them?
I teach school too.... I haven’t been able to wear it to work 😕
Infinity scarves great too especially in cooler months. No one would think twice if you pulled it up into your head even inside church !
Thanks for sharing this! I have no idea yet, but these were great ideas to start with. This winter I used a crocheted cap I pinned on my hair when I didn't want to do it, but I can use that purposefully now. I am nervous, but I feel a stronger and stronger conviction to do so.
Thank you for this video! At home I often headcover with my fluffy dressing gown that has a hood, I also use hoodie jackets and scarfs. Out in the world I am still nervous about it 🙇🏻♀️
Thanks for sharing! My wife started covering several months ago. She was nervous too. You can do it sister! Press into the Lord
A Christians woman's head covering or prayer veiling I don't feel should be a ball cap or a headband there's no sign of separation in those ,but a special head veiling ,there's all different types that are more appropriate than ball cap or something like that. "My personal feelings".
I too, feel that a covering is different from a hat worn for head protection (like a warm knit cap for the cold weather or a rain bonnet). But they do in a pinch, nothing wrong there. And as the video states, they are wonderful for transitioning into this change, and may be less unsettling to ones’ family/friends/self consciousness than a sudden change.
When I first started head covering I was totally clueless about what to wear, and having always felt my hair didn't go well with hats I didn't even have a hat -- other than a winter wool hat. That was back in 2018 and I didn't see many options. I ended up buying somewhat Muslum style head coverings in different colors, but I never felt comfortable in them. I felt they were ugly on me (to be honest -- and that's because of some extra weight), and I worried that I looked Muslim. I ended up returning to not covering my head after a week-long stay in the hospital where I never wore a covering. I just kind of breathed a sigh of relief and dropped the idea entirely (partly because most of my focus was on health issues and not head covering issues as well). I ended up giving all but one of my "new" coverings to a thrift store, not wanting to wear them again.
Then in 2023 I found myself wanting to wear a head covering again but determined to find something that felt more natural to me and would go better with my clothing. I also returned to wearing long skirts. This time I am finding a LOT of head covering videos online and lots of head covering choices I really didn't seem to run into before -- or didn't notice. I am LOVING wearing the "triangle bandana" style, tied at the nape of the neck. With hair coming out the bottom I do not feel I look like a Muslim anymore (though my housemate, another Christian woman, says I look Russian, haha). It is so easy to wear and I got it in linen because I live in an area that gets very hot and I know 100% flax linen is much better for super hot environments, while at the same time it can be warming to some extent even in the cold.
I also like to cover my head when I am sleeping ("because of the angels" from 1 Corinthians 11). I had a hard time finding something that would be easy to sleep in and also not fall off easily. I discovered that a cotton "neck gaiter" -- often used for Covid masking by some people -- works great for me. I just pull it down over my head and then back up to my hairline and the length of the "gaiter" covers my hair all the way past my shoulders several inches. It's very comfortable. I ended up getting two different kinds. One was cheaper (on Etsy) at 10 dollars, but the one I got during Covid masking was closer to 16 dollars, is better quality and better made and overall just better. (I got that one on Amazon, never guessing I would use it as a nightcap!) The same gaiter can also be bunched up different ways to wear like a wide headband, but I have not experimented with that much, at least not yet.
I thought it was a relief to stop wearing the head coverings that made me worry I looked like a Muslim was a very tiny relief compared to the relief I find now, over 4 years later, by getting back into head covering. And this whole episode of stopping for so long is a BIG reminder to me how easily I can get off the straight and narrow if I don't daily make sure to STAY ON IT. I have a sort of lifetime bad habit of throwing "the baby out with the bathwater," and I know I need to work on this more now as well.
Last but not least, I am the only person I know who head covers. All times considered at this point I have only covered my head for a little over four months, but in all that time not one person has asked me about it, though I have chosen to talk about it to my closest friends. Oh, and I'm turning 70 this year. Better late than never, but how I regret not having come to the straight and narrow much, much, much earlier in life...!!!
God bless!
@WholeBibleBelieverWoman Thank you for sharing your headcovering story! It certainly is a journey with a lot of learning along the way, for all of us who headcover. Good to hear that you came back to it after a little break. :)
~Jessica
@@headcovering I am so VERY glad I did...!!! God bless you.
Great tips! God bless Carisa.
Bruh why do I see you commenting on red pill videos and here too? What a small world
Red pill? I only watch christian vids and some finance. What vids are you referring too?
@@livingunashamed4869 Alright. Yeah it must be the Christian videos. Cause I watch em too.
Oh ok :).
@Kevin B Like the other guy said, I do see you comment on a lot of the same videos I watch. At least we know there's a community of like minded ppl
Wow thank you for you obedience to Jesus Christ may many others come out of disobedience to the word of God and be able to continue in His grace and mercy. God bless you dear lady ! Jesus said, "if ye love me, keep my commandments". John 14 kjv
The Bible in Corinthians says your hair is your glory and to cover your glory with a veil when in the presence of God or prophesying which would also mean teaching about God in any way. If you start teaching or talking about God in public others will look on (this happens to me sometimes). We must be prepared then by having our heads covered as Corinthians says it is power on our heads.
I am a back woman and are afros can get really large. As a white woman, you are able to wear your head covering and still wear your hair unbound and relaxed/down. As a black woman my hair grows differently it grows big and like a cotton ball. Since I notice that you don't cover all your hair is it ok if my head covering is at the top of my head underparts of my afro that still allow me to wear my heart as a black woman and not have my hair away tied up or back. Having it around my big hair just looks strange? Please give advice
Maybe check out some other black women who cover? It's going to be harder for the white woman who made this video (or me, as a white woman) to give you advice. :)
Thanks for the question. We believe this video should be of some help to show you the freedom you have in choosing a style: th-cam.com/video/ppyqXQSIrLg/w-d-xo.html
You have a lot of freedom sister to make something work with your afro hair style. Feel free to be creative and don't feel obligated to have an unrealistic expectation that your hair must be hidden or straightened (as the video demonstrates).
It is beautiful to see your deep conviction that this is God's plan for us as Christian women according to 1 Corinthians 11 and your heart to help women ease into making this change. I am careful not to judge others about their headcovering style, but was a bit unclear about the ball cap. Then God helped me see that it's because the ball cap is more of a man's headwear. I believe a ball cap takes away the femininity of a headcovering even when feminized with colors or accessories to make them appealing to women. It is a subtle blurring of men/women clothing styles. Just offering this for your consideration, but still not judging if God convicts you differently.
Great thoughts! ♡ I totally agree.
Yes I agree plus it looks too casual in a church setting and doesn't appear that you are trying to be separate
Men are not supposed to wear head coverings. A women wearing a ball cap is not masculine.
Thanks I never considered wearing a fashion hat to work. Especially my line of work this might be the perfect option when dealing with new client meetings and extensive travel and not always knowing what type of group or community I'm walking into but still being honest to my convictions. I have bit of spending money I've held onto trying to decide my invest pieces and with seasons changing maybe I can find some good deals on not just scarves but fashion hats too. I've always dreamed of a burgundy large floppy brimmed wool hat
I have trouble coming up with a good covering for work too. I work in a bridal shop, black uniform, but got to be very neat and professional looking. I’m trying to find something streamlined and tailored rather than soft or bunchy. Anybody got ideas/recommendations?
Perhaps a wide headband made of satin or velvet?
WONDERFUL tips! Thank you so much! I'm wondering if you have any suggestions for always having a head covering with you? I cover part time, and it's really frustrating when I have to pray and I don't have a head covering! Any suggestions from anyone would help! Thx!
I have a friend who incorporates a large thin scarf or shawl into her outfits, sometimes simply draping the thin rectangular ones across her throat and letting them hang down her back like on an outfit from India.
There are many comfortable head covering options. Some of us do not want to attract attention to our heads because we may live in parts of the world where there are nearly no covering women at all and that tends to be the areas where a women will get noticed, questioned, possibly even accused of legalism, or other actions. I did find hoodies to be very easy when I was new to this 30 years ago. Also, any cotton or comfortable beanie in your pocket or purse is a good option for those who may be timid about it, or live among people who try to discourage them from covering. As the video said, scarves, expandable cloth headbands, sun hats, church hats, berets...etc., they all cover the head. The Biblical passage that teaches this is 1 Corinthians chapter 11:2-16 and it provides 3 reasons “why” yet does not prescribe any particular color or style. Yes a ball cap certainly covers a head and may be appropriate in some churches, for some women. For me personally it is a bit too masculine looking, but I would never judge any type of covering. Any head covering is going to be approved of by me, thanks to this New Testament teaching, and the color, shape, and style are up to each Christian woman to find. Thank you!!
It’s talking about covering the hair because it is her glory and to cover it on the presence of God’s glory to give the glory to God. The hair not the head.
@@reflectionsinthebible3579 ...in the original Greek language the passage gives 3 reasons for covering, the headship order, the creation order, and the angels. It says to wear a katakalupto on your kephale which is head, not the word for hair. Yes, one has hair on growing on the head but we are to place the katakalupto on our head. But do apply the verses in the way you believe you are called. God bless you and thank you.
Thank you my loves 🙏
I'm new at this. God showed me He wants me to cover now. 😊 I go to the gym, and the head scarfs I have are tight and too HOT. Today I got a Adidas Hat from TJ Maxx to wear at the gym because I pray A Lot while at the gym. Joyces Coverings has doilies lace style coverings. I like them ok due to the church I go to wears those.
I'm recently getting into head covering. God has been calling me to it for a while. I suffer from migraines so I'm mostly wearing a beanie to keep my head warm. But on warmer days I've been wearing a scarf. I find the most challenging thing is that if I'm going to be somewhere indoors for example at a bar. It is not practical to wear a hat unless it's cold. So then I'd need to take an alternative covering to put on. I feel a bit awkward doing this in public. So I'm not sure how to approach this yet. Maybe wearing something like a bandana under my beanie. I'll have to see what works.
The ladies in our Head Covering Movement Facebook Group would probably have some good recommendations for you.
You guys I need advice. I’ve been wearing my head covering and a skirt for the past 4 days at school and I am starting to feel really drained and I’m starting to feel like this is what I have to do so the Lord can be pleased with me😔 is it okay if I just wear it when I pray? Do I have to wear it all the time? I will keep continuing to pray on it as well
Hi Leshae, I'm so sorry you're feeling that way. The Lord being pleased with you is not determined by what you wear or what you do, but because you're his child through faith. May I make a recommendation? I'd encourage you to pick up a copy of Jerry Bridges book "The Gospel for Real Life." This will re-enforce the gospel and your Christian identity which is the foundation. Skirts are one way to achieve modesty (which is the command, not a particular style), but not the only way. Likewise, head covering is not commanded to be worn all the time.
Here's a video on the where/when of wearing a head covering: www.headcoveringmovement.com/articles/where-are-head-coverings-to-practiced-in-church-or-everywhere
Head Covering Movement Thank you sooo much! 2 weeks later from when I texted this I’ve been feeling much better with wearing my head wraps!
I wonder about if they are to be worn all the time too😅. I know we are to wear them when we pray, and we are always supposed to be ready to pray.
One person I know incorporates a good-sized thin scarf or shawl into her (very stylish) outfit, and just tosses it up on her head whenever she prays.
I can’t keep up with a loose scarf 😂 so I have my covering pinned firmly to my hair. Less fuss for me, but I’m currently looking for a covering that looks a little more modern.
I’m thinking of head covering. But I feel self conscious even though I want to please God.
That is a common experience.
You may enjoy the testimonies on our page, as well as this article...
www.headcoveringmovement.com/articles/will-you-stand-alone-a-call-to-be-the-first-to-cover
www.headcoveringmovement.com/testimonies
I am starting and there are wide head bands that I chose
I often use wide, extendable headbands and scarves! I do have a question though: in the morning when I am reading my Bible and praying, I often just use a blanket because I've just woken up, do you think that is acceptable?
This video should be of help for your question: th-cam.com/video/ppyqXQSIrLg/w-d-xo.html
Thanks, Nyalee
So, I have a question. I have thought about wearing a head covering, buy I am afraid of being mistaken as a Muslim. What should I do to avoid this and still cover my head properly?
We'd recommend not using the Hijab style but using a different one that is not associated with Islam. Here's a practical article that might help: www.headcoveringmovement.com/articles/a-guide-to-head-covering-styles
God says that they have a form of Godliness but deny the power thereof. It’s not wrong to wear any style. And it might actually help you to witness to muslims. Of God decides on that.
I've been searching of whether to wear head covering or not show me argued against that 1st Corinthians 11 verse 16 says that the church as a practice these things anymore as a first saying that we don't need to what are your guys's thoughts on verse 11:16
Great question, Beth. Here's our article on this verse and why it's a reason for head covering (rather than evidence against it): www.headcoveringmovement.com/articles/why-head-coverings-reason-4-church-practice
Is there anyway i can reach out to any ladies at the head covering movement? I do not have Facebook or social media.
This is my husband's TH-cam account.
@NITSUD-yr6rg You can always message us through our contact form on the HCM website:
www.headcoveringmovement.com/contact
~Jessica
I’ve warn a shall for head covering starting at home. I am researching this topic because I feel something about this with God and I’ve read it a few times over in the bible. So yes, my question is...... Do we have to wear a head covering? Also why doesn’t the church say this? Also I’ve had a thought about having my hair long, so is that our covering? I’m on this topic and I asked our Lord about this.
Hi, thanks for your question. The church for 1500 years has unanimously practiced this symbol so we're the exemption today (although to be fair, some church groups have preserved it).
This video should be helpful on long hair: th-cam.com/video/XqzYQR2olF4/w-d-xo.html
I've made myself a modesty pinterest board and most of what I've saved are women also with headcovers, I've looked at all the beautiful womens diff styles around the world through the ages and anytime I feel unsure because I'm still finding my own style that's flattering I love looking at the pictures. U would truly be surprised all the inventive and creative stylish ways women have covered for thousands of years, there's nothing u are dealing with they too have faced and when it comes to practical u may he surprised at what traditional folk styles might speak to you in some way.
Pinterest! Ooohhh, I’ll check it out👍🏻
Edit: I tried looking you up on Pinterest using your TH-cam name, but didn’t find anything. Is the board you mentioned still available for viewing?
Any stores actually carry under scarves? I am not an online shopper I just never really liked shopping online. But my guess there's stuff out there but probably not what I'm looking for. :( I might have to cave and get my underscarf on the internet
Hey, shein and amazon have good ones that is mainly marketed to muslim hijabis but will work great
What do y’all have to say to Corinthians 11:15 ?? “But if a woman has long hair, it is her glory, for her hair was given to her as a covering.”
www.headcoveringmovement.com/articles/is-a-womans-long-hair-her-covering
This might help 😊
I read my Bibke before I go to sleep in a winter hat or with my hood on.
This was great! In answer to your question... if you go to my channel.. I share why I head cover and head covering choices i have.
Do you wear make up?
How is this head covering going to be enforced?
What do you mean "enforced"?
Why is head covering so controversial? It's for the Lord and only during worship. 🤔🤨🙄😔
Often it's controversial only because people haven't been taught 1 Corinthians 11, or they don't like what the passage teaches.
So you wear hair only during worship?
The purpose of "head covering" is to cover the distraction of your long beautiful hair.....(which women envy and men admire). Covering the skull part of your head only, defeats the purpose. Your lovely long hair is a distraction. Pinned up hair under a scarf, or cap is modest. We don't want our hair to be a distraction, do we?????
Karen, you may find this video of interest:
th-cam.com/video/ppyqXQSIrLg/w-d-xo.html
It explains what kind of covering the Bible does/doesn't require, also addressing the issue you mentioned.
~Jessica
Actuallly, the face is the issue, not the hair. An accurate covering would be a bandana.
A head covering as a ball cap or a beautiful hat that proclaims Christian woman's elegance or her glory in God's presence is not a Christian woman head covering ; a Christian woman head covering , for example a simple and large scarf tied or not , doesn't proclaim Christian woman's elegance , but rather clearly and only proclaims God's ordained hierarchy ( 1st Cor.11: 3 ) for God's glory .
@Exodus 20 Why do you think a ball cap wouldn't be suitable?
@@williambrewer , because unlike a simple and large scarf a ball cap as an ornamental head covering draws more attention to Christian woman's elegance or glory than to God's ordained hierarchy . Woman's long hair is not her covering , or her veil ; but rather her ornament , her glory ( 1st Cor.11:15 , André Chouraqui Bible version ) , that's one of the reasons for which God's word asks a Christian woman to cover her head , or her long hair , or her ornament , or her glory , in God's glorious presence ( 1st Cor.11:7 ).
@@EXODUSVERSESto Okay. I guess I think a woman's long hair is a 'kind' of covering. Not the covering Paul asks for to be used for prayer, but nature's way of showing she is not the head. A woman instinctively knows it is befitting to her role and therefore is glorious to her to groom her hair long.
I do not think they translate it best when they translate it "her glory", for it should be translated "a glory". The reason I think this is the better way is because of the contrast that Paul is using. It is a shame to a man but a glory to a woman.
I do not think their hair is what is being covered for that is itself a covering but rather the head is what is to be covered (which admitted covers the hair). He is saying nature bears witness to the fact that she should be covered when praying to God for even nature itself gives her a sort of covering.
Did you watch the video? She's building up the women to get used to it.
Also there is NO DESIGN. NO specifics. Don't be a legalist
That ain’t a covering
This is just a silly? A hat as a covering?
What's the point of head covering? Just doesn't make sense
th-cam.com/video/AmbjRDfx5Aw/w-d-xo.html
It's a symbol that represents God's ordained hierarchy. God-Christ-man-woman. It's a symbol to be worn during prayer or prophecy. It helps everyone recognized the hierarchical order.
Creation order, authority, and submission
Marino The Natsarim it actually is not about modesty, it’s about God’s plan of headship!
@@williambrewer Not really... U need to look deeper