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Welcome! This webpage is dedicated to the Womanly act of Head Covering as referred to in 1 Corinthians 11:3-16.
After pondering and praying over this passage a good
while I have come to believe that when praying, it is a good thing
for a woman to wear a scarf, or veil or My Journey to the land of Veiled Women I first read about head covering or veiling on a Christian Women's message board. The lady who mentioned it had only been doing it for a short time, and was kind enough to share many links about it with me. The more I read up on it, the more convicted I became that God was calling me to follow this practice. I made a few scarves from fabric I already had and placed one on my head. It took me a while to figure out ways of wearing the scarf attractively, but after trial and error, I settled on a method which worked for me. My husband Fred took little notice of my head gear, but he did notice the changes it effected in our marriage.
It seemed like the veil helped me to understand better
the lessons which God had been offering me for so long. I found
myself able to hold my tongue in situations where it had before
eluded me. My patience seemed to increase into a vastness which
my family delighted in exploring. My old struggles with body
image, and vanity disappeared out the window, seldom to be seen or
heard from again. My children's needs were easier to meet,
because I was no longer focusing on worldly possessions and notions. ...others thought I had gone over the edge. Sure some people looked at me like I was a member of a cult that oppressed women recreationally, while others merely thought I had gone over the edge. Through God's Grace, these folks were among the minority. Those who know me, can see the woman I am becoming as I submit myself to God's authority. In my heart, I know the veil is a symbol of my dignity and value. The veil offers me protection from ogling men. It speaks in no uncertain terms that I am much more than a sex object. My role as mother and wife is an honorable and sacred one. I will not be belittled into succumbing to the latest fad our consumeristic society has delegated to the female form this year, or this decade. I will not waste my family's precious resources on achieving or maintaining a superficial exterior which speaks little of my internal virtues.
...I am learning to be a good steward of His
gifts My body is truly a temple to the Lord. I don't have to display it to win worldly approval. God has custom designed my face and body and for my use while on this planet. How disgraceful for me to cinch my body awkwardly, or color the face which the Master has so carefully crafted for my personal use. The Lord considers me His precious daughter. Certainly I can trust His divine view of me, over that of modern society's. He has given me plenty enough to meet all of my needs, and I am learning to be a good steward of His gifts.
May the Lord Bless you,
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on her head. If you are trying to "pray without
ceasing" then it would make sense to wear the veil all the
time. Or at 
least
during the day, and especially when out in public. I have
found that I prefer to be in public with the veil on, because it
affords me a great deal of protection from the rest of society.
Instead of being flustered with my lack of ability of understand and
fit into society at large, other folks don't even expect me to know
how to make sense of consumeristic modern day gobbledy gook.
The veil is a lovely symbol that I am not a part of the everyday
world, and it is a relief to be able to stop trying to pretend like I
am. I think it is a generous act to allow others the luxury of
identifying me quickly and easily in a simplistic fashion. With
the veil on, other folks can look at me and file me away under
"acceptable social outsider" and get on with their
lives. When they don't feel compelled to spend so much time
figuring me out, then I am left at peace and am able to get on with
my own business of living in the way I understand it. 
...a
struggle which had been raging in me all of my adult life was put to rest.
My
priorities were easier to set, including God and my family at the
top of my list, where they belong. It was as if a struggle
which had been raging in me all of my adult life was put to rest.
