What a Difference!

Lately, I have been really studying certain passages in the Bible and wanting to know what God wants me to do. One of the biggest ones was 1 Corinthians 11:2-16 which says: " But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of every woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God. Every man praying or prophesying having his head covered, dishonoreth his head. But every woman the prayeth of prophesying with her head uncovered dishonorth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven. For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for the woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered. For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man. For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man. Neither was the mane created for the woman; but the woman for the man. For this cause ought the woman to have power (a symbol of authority) on her head because of the angels. Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord. For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman, but all things of God. Judge in yourselves: is it comely that the woman pray unto God uncovered? Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him? But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering. But it a man seem to be to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God."

Have you ever read a passage of scripture before and it never stood out to you? Well, this was one for me. As I have studied this and prayed about this for days, I feel that this passage of scripture means that when you do not have authority when you pray, (such as a father or husband) that you need to cover your head, as it is an outward symbol of submission. I have struggled with this passage before, but until know, I have never felt any conviction to take this for myself. Now that I have, I fell such a peace, following the Lord with all that I am. Really taking the whole Bible, and not just the parts that you want to take, is the only way you can live. I have found that out these last few weeks, and what an amazing difference it has made in my life!