Submission? Or Power and Control?

[Esaias]

Originally Posted by ILG

Of course I did all those things. I searched, I fasted I prayed. 16 years later, in my prayer closet, I finally had a revelation and I have never been the same since.

I know you don't understand the mind prison. Men usually don't because having short hair is very accepted as the norm in our society for men. No one asks you (probably) "Why do you keep your hair short?" Women, on the other hand, have to answer all sorts of questions there is no real answer to. We know the bible says long hair is given for a covering, but we can't answer why Samson was told not to cut his hair, why the Nazarite vow and shaving of the head was also for women and why long for women means uncut but long for men means below the ears because it isn't biblical, it's just tradition.

The mind prison is hard to explain, but it's very real and the reason I write these blogs because it takes a lot for people to wrap their heads around it but most of the time, they know on some level it's true. When a woman believes these fear-mongering tales that have no basis in reality and she's told that she's wrong with God if she doesn't believe them, mind prison results.

Your husband never gave you a scriptural answer? Seems like you could have shortened 16 years down to about an evening or two.

My wife and daughters have long hair. When people comment to them about hair its always "Oh, you have such gorgeous hair! It's so long!" with an occasional "Wish my hair was that long" thrown in. They do get asked "So, why do you wear a head covering again? Are you Pentecostal? Mennonite? Amish?" Which immediately results in an impromptu Bible study on hair, headcoverings, prayer, the Holy Ghost, Jesus, the Bible, separation from the world, repentance, eternal life, etc.

[ILG]

Originally Posted by Esaias

Your husband never gave you a scriptural answer? Seems like you could have shortened 16 years down to about an evening or two.

My wife and daughters have long hair. When people comment to them about hair its always "Oh, you have such gorgeous hair! It's so long!" with an occasional "Wish my hair was that long" thrown in. They do get asked "So, why do you wear a head covering again? Are you Pentecostal? Mennonite? Amish?" Which immediately results in an impromptu Bible study on hair, headcoverings, prayer, the Holy Ghost, Jesus, the Bible, separation from the world, repentance, eternal life, etc.

Yes, he told me standards are not salvational. He wasn't able to answer why Samson was told not to cut his hair and why women were allowed to shave their heads for the Nazarite vow or why apostolics teach that long=uncut when the bible is not clear on that at all. But he did wisely tell me that it wasn't salvational. The mind prison I was in and the people around me said "She cut her hair-she backslid" which meant salvation was based on uncut hair and I didn't know the answer until I saw it straight from God.

[Evang.Benincasa]

Originally Posted by Esaias

Your husband never gave you a scriptural answer? Seems like you could have shortened 16 years down to about an evening or two.

My wife and daughters have long hair. When people comment to them about hair its always "Oh, you have such gorgeous hair! It's so long!" with an occasional "Wish my hair was that long" thrown in. They do get asked "So, why do you wear a head covering again? Are you Pentecostal? Mennonite? Amish?" Which immediately results in an impromptu Bible study on hair, headcoverings, prayer, the Holy Ghost, Jesus, the Bible, separation from the world, repentance, eternal life, etc.

Amen bro, amen.