The Story of the Hairdresser

I woke up one morning and had the idea to get a haircut. I was tired of styling my long hair. I wanted something really different but I was afraid to change. I looked at pictures online to get ideas. I found some pictures I liked, and, with phone in hand, I walked into the beauty salon.

I talked with the hairdresser and showed her the picture. I had long hair and wanted to go super short like a pixie cut. She looked at me kinda funny and began to lead me in a different direction with her questions. As she asked me for my preferences and gave her input, we both searched up topics rapidly on our individual phones. Finally, she said, “Voila! Here it is.”

She was right. The haircut pic was love at first sight. I asked her, “What search criteria did you look up?” She said, “Orange asymmetrical haircuts.” That was our aim. She wanted something face framing for me as she thought it would be the most flattering.

While she washed my hair in the shampoo bowl (this was Fantastic Sam’s, after all), I peppered her with questions: ”Do you think this will turn out? How difficult will it be to style? What color level is my hair? How does the color process work?” I went on and on.

Finally, she said, “Just trust me.” And I shut up.

While she was blow drying my hair, I had the following epiphany: I wondered if how I was with my hairdresser of peppering her with questions and not trusting in her, is how many of us (including myself) are with God or the Universe (insert your beliefs here). Except the questions are “Will my life turn out? Will I fulfill my mission? Why am I going through this? Do you know what you’re doing?” Finally, God says “Just trust me.”

Are we open to His suggestions of what would best suit us or do we sit in the heavenly beauty salon chair and argue with Him or not take His suggestions? Do we consult with God or do we just demand good haircuts like we demand for certain things to happen in our lives? Sometimes I go to the hairdresser or God with the craziest ideas or no idea at all of what I want for my hair or my life. I definitely need direction or the results could be disastrous (anyone ever had a bad haircut or a bad life decision?)

We come into this life with preconceived notions of what our life should be like, such as wanting a pixie haircut or a specific outcome of our life (love, fame, health, wealth, etc.) God knows what would suit us best and will steer us in that direction…if we let Him.

Sometimes He steers us in a different direction in our lives than what we intended. Do we trust Him? Or are we constantly worried and nervous while He is metaphorically cutting our hair (trimming us of our dead ends, shaping us up, giving us a whole new look or heart)? Are we afraid of changing our hair or our lives?

And we might just end up with a haircut even cuter and a life even better with His artistic hairdresser flare in our lives. Personally, I would love it if God were my hairdresser. I’m thankful He is so much more in my life. I know He has a plan for my hair and a plan for my life. Let's turn our hair and our lives over to God. He might just give us a makeover.

P.S. Thank you God for returning my spiritual feelings to me after a three year spiritual blackout.

P.PS. See Isaiah 55:8-9, Luke 12:7; Luke 21:18 for fun scriptures on God’s plans for us and hair.