--There is NO SUCH thing as OLD AGE ~

--"Even to your old age and gray hairs, I am he, I am he who will sustain you."
---[Isaiah 46:4] --

---With a brush and a blow dryer as my weapons, I've been waging a yearlong war against middle age. So far middle age is winning, as hormones have their way with my head, both inside and out. A cowlick has suddenly developed a mind of its own, a couple of spots are thinning, and what little body my hair once had has lain down and died. Every morning as I stand in front of the mirror, I get so frustrated that I don't know whether to throw something or cry.

"It's just hair, for crying out loud. It doesn't really matter," I tell myself. So what is the matter: One day it comes to me: This isn't about a head of willful hair, it's about a life I can't control. It's feeling that things that seem to come so easily for others--friendships, nicer homes, professional success -- don't seem to come to me at all. It's silly, because they do, of course, and they will, but try to tell that to someone in mid-life crisis.

Finally, even though this isn't really a hair issue, God sent me one little thought about my hair that helped me win the skirmish : just let it do what it wants to do. So I suddenly found the courage to do something I've to for a long time-- have my hair cut really, really short. Now I wash it, gel it, and ....let it do what it wants to do. No more frustration, In fact, my carefree hair reminds me every day to quit trying to control my life, and to let God do with it what He wants. ~~

----"Father, help me to be satisfied with You and what You bring my way. Thank You, Lord."
--Guideposts/LA~