One year since I began covering.
I have experienced the blessing that comes with it. And hold to it as truth.
I was told I was narrowing my options down when it came to boys “Because what if *so-and-so* came back from college, and he wants to see you, he might not want to be with you because you dress like that.” To which I say, “Well, in less that a year I got married so I guess I narrowed it down to one! I would not be interested in *so-and-so* because *so-and-so* does not embrace Jesus, and why would I want to be with someone who won’t want to be with me because of the way I look?”
Somebody (I hardly knew and never talked to) expressed their worry that I shouldn’t get a “spirit of religion”. Because if I had a spirit of religion, I would have a spirit of religion, and when you have a spirit of religion, it is just not good to have a spirit of religion. Of course I am exaggerating this, but that it is jist of the conversation that they had with me. I explained why I look the way I look and such, I don’t really know if they understood completely. To that I say, “Covering my head and dressing in a modest manner does not get me into Heaven any faster than any other Christian, I don’t do it because it saves me, I do it because I AM saved! If someone saw me and they way I looked, that on-looker would know that I am different (set-apart, if you will), than if I was dressed to look like everyone else.”
I was told I was setting myself up for criticism, and I was going to be a target. To that I say, “Firstly, Well, doesn’t one set themselves up for being a target when they become a Christian in the first place?”
To those who are curious or to those who want to understand where I am coming from do some research and do it with an open mind and actually learn about it instead of closing the case just as fast as you opened it!
On my journey I have developed more and more in the ways of modesty. Readers may not have a similar conviction, and that is okay by me!
- For church I wear white, black, plain coverings
- For everyday dress, if I am sticking around home or the farm, sometimes I will wear bandanas.
- For cleaning I will wear bandanas.
- I don’t wear velvet, silk or anything similar, material that is textured that way turns me off, and I don’t want to wear something that “is pleasant to touch” if that makes any sense. I don’t want to have someone think that I would feel nice to touch.
- I don’t wear jean material to Sunday church services.
I heard someone say in a round-about way that life in a skirt is impractical. To that I almost cannot hide my amusement. Think of our foremothers who wouldn’t even think of donning a man’s pants, they probably wouldn’t even see a man’s britches as more comfortable. These women raised children, ran a household, gardened (and not a frilly-froofy stuff an actual GARDEN), milk cows, fed chickens, swept, helped their husbands on projects, settled the wild West, rode horses, held down the fort while their husbands were off to war, did the back-breaking chore of laundry, ran businesses, the list could literally go on and ON!
In my life of skirts, I have not only went through a whole day being comfortable in my skirts, I have gardened, went snow-shoeing (very fun story, but that will be told later), watched children, ran and horsed around with my husband, rode in tractor, cleaned my house, did the laundry, made meals, participated in dog shows, worked at a library, attended college classes (…yeah), went rock-hopping (and didn’t die! [or stumble]), my list could go on but dinner is almost done at the farm, what I am trying to point out is that it is possible! It really is. My skirts and jumpers are not tight and uncomfortable though, which is a lot of what most women have when it comes to that style of clothing.
My wardrobe is comfortable, feminine, reasonable, pleasant, attractive (just ask my husband. :P), modest, and set-apart. When someone sees me I want them to see that I am a Christian women, under the authority of her husband (I will post on this subject too), dressing in a manner (I know they didn’t dress like this in biblical times okay!?) to please her Maker. That is really want to is all about.
From Suburb To Country 