Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Beauty for Ashes

It is snowing for the second time this month is East Texas and as I watch the beautiful snow falling, I am reminded how in Isaiah 1:18 it tells us that though our sins are like scarlet, they will be made white as snow. How thankful I am for that!

Recently at a small group bible study,I got so tickled because another woman asked me, "how do u get the back of your hair to poof like that on the crown of your head? Do you use a special product or blow dry it a special way? I have tried for years to get my hair to do that."
What was so funny to me is that my hair poofs like that because its damaged in that area from me pulling it out over and over in that spot in childhood from emotional trauma. That area on my head has been a huge source of insecurity for years in my life! Yet, here was the sweet woman wanting to know how I made my hair look so good with my poof! The discussion today in bible study was based around Isaiah 61 that tells us he gives us beauty for ashes. I couldn't help but laugh to myself on the way home thinking about how the woman went on and on about how much she liked my "poof"! If she only knew how many hours I have spent trying to hide that area! I guess he truly does make something beautiful (my poof!) from the ashes (my damaged hair)! God has such a sense of humor!

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