Something I found so funny yeasterday- but also pissed me off like mad was a statement amde by an older SDA member who I held in high regard. It seems that with me being so vicisitious with my hair styles persons have begun to wonder if I'm ok. Am I ok? Yes I am! I have been for a long time and what I find to be so funny is the fact that when I was not okay no one really new because I caused not a ripple nor stir- I looked the way I always looked, I seemed to be stable while on the inside I was crumbling.

Isn't it funny how we judge each other by how we look? If I sit and I'm not smiling everyone pushes me to tell them what is wrong. Do I have to be hurt to not smile? Suppose I just am lost in my own thoughts or recollections? The crazy thing is that the young persons they ought to worry and pray about look the same always on the outside- but on the inside/ in the dark they are totally different.

I'm also tired of hearing that my love of hairstyles is a phase that I need to go through and that I should have been over it by now. Maybe it is, maybe it isn't- don't worry about the length of time it takes.  What I love about God is that He is a God who enjoys variety- and what I do isn't what you may do- but He loves it and me just the same. As Christians we get caught up in placing persons in boxes that we think is what a Christian should look like. Where in the Bible did it say that I could not change my hairstyle every week if I wanted to?

My relationship with Christ is mine, and no one else can tell me how to act except Him. Yeah I know as a Chrisitian my life is subject to being placed under heavy scrutiny- but really people my hair? What does it have to do with anything? I'm young and single (Praise God!) and this may very well be the last moment in my life that I get to express my creativity. I am going to enjoy every moment to the fullest!

I have to run, but I pray that you are encouraged and that you keep James 3:18 in your Spirit.

Natasha