This is for the ladies.
I’ve had relaxed hair for about 9 years now and I have nothing bad to say about it except that…well….I could have bought a couple more Christmas gifts last year if I didn’t have to spend money to do my hair. My hair dresser….I love her dearly….charges according to the length of your hair and how much growth you have and let’s just say my hair isn’t short lol. So I’ve decided that sooner or later I’m gonna cut this thing. By the time though, I’ve had chance to think a lot about hair and what my hair means to me. I never thought that I was so attached to it until I made up my mind to cut it….then I started to freak out and panic.
So for a while now I have been couching myself, reminding myself that my worth is not in my hair. Well to God that is, there are a lot of young men that would not find me attractive anymore if I cut my hair. That’s not my assumption, they actually told me that I will be less attractive with shorter hair and quite frankly, that is true. The way the world has conformed our minds would make us believe that long and flowy is all there is to beauty. But I am trying not to care about that 🙂
Anyways so because of my focus being on my hair and so on, I noticed how much my appearance meant to me and how big of a distraction it could be at times. I would waste hours combing my hair and choosing what to wear and occupying myself with meager things when that’s not what is important. My mind ran on a verse the other that gave me a reminder.
1 Peter 3:3-4
3 Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes. 4 Rather, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight.
You see…..what matters is who you are. Even if you look your best but you are the worst person and your spirit is far from God then trust me, personality will make you hideous. You are not your hair, you aren’t your make up or your dress size. You are your insides lol. What is in you is what matters most. And I have a great big secret for you……when you work on your inner beauty, your personality shines through the make up and dresses and hairstyles that you have. You aren’t beautiful just because you are wearing a sweetheart cut dress or because you’re wearing the styles that are in. You are beautiful when who you are adds radiance to what you wear.
Let’s focus on what’s important first and then dolls up after…k?
Blessings guys!
Mirror of Her Mind 