Last night while lying in bed considering rather I should relax my natural hair or do another big chop, I prayed a prayer that actually surprised me.
"God, how can you get glory from my hair?"
Honestly, I don't know if God cares if I have relaxed, natural, long, or short hair. I don't. I'm happy to know that the Creator of all finds me so worthy of His attention that He notes and knows every detail about me including the number of hairs on my head. (See Luke 12:6-7) I do believe that my Heavenly Father was proud that His daughter, newly humbled and cognizant of her dire need for Him and His guidance, offered that brief, seemingly frivolous prayer.
Today, mulling over this change, I smiled. There is a sweet peace and blissful contentment that accompanies being dependent on The One. There was a time, not too long ago, when I made big decisions, huge, life-altering decisions without prayer and supplication. I, in pride and foolishness, made choice after choice without consideration of how my actions would glorify or displease God. I haven't arrived. I still have growing, learning, and humbling to do, but I am pressing. All glory to God! He's been drawing me for so long, and I'm talking patient, loving, intensive drawing. (See John 6:44)
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And to add delight to remedy, I know exactly what I'm doing with my hair. It's certainly not an emotional hair decision this time. 😁
"Don’t fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns. Before you know it, a sense of God’s wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down. It’s wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the center of your life." Philippians 4:6-7 MSG
"Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus." Philippians 4:6-7 KJV
