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You Think You've Had Bad Hair Days? - November 24, 2006
Have you ever had one of those weird hair mornings? You wake up (at least half-way) and scratch your rib cage as you stagger toward your bedroom door. But before you reach the door, you inadvertently catch a glimpse of something extremely disturbing. It's the mirror--and in it you find some strange-looking person who could not possibly be you. No, you would never let your hair look like that.
You begin the thought, "There's not enough hair gel in this hemisphere..." but then just sigh to yourself and think, "Oh well, symmetry isn't everything."
As disturbing as an asymmetrical hair day might be, Samson's by far topped them all in the 16th chapter of Judges. But it wasn't Samson's haircut that made it a bad hair day. The "no haircut rule" was part of the vow he made to God. There was no muscle in Samson's hair. It was his special dedication to the Lord that had given him strength. And it was his disobedience that zapped it. He had lost his devotion to God. As a matter of fact, he had traded it. He was more devoted to Delilah than he was to his God.
Samson's lack of devotion to God and his choice to sin blinded him to spiritual things. Verse 20 has to be one of the saddest statements ever recorded: "But he did not know that the LORD had left him."
Anytime we let our devotion to the Father slip away, we find our lives off-balance, asymmetrical--weak and disconnected from spiritual things. Staying committed to the Lord results in a life of real and lasting strength. And his strength is bigger than our biggest weakness. Though Samson suffered huge moral failure, he is still listed among the faithful in Hebrews 11:32-33. The passage speaks of one "whose weakness was turned to strength." Only the strength of God can do that. And he deserves our wholehearted devotion with every spiritual muscle!
Hair muscle doesn't count.
Rhonda Rhea--Speaker, radio personality, humor columnist, author of the fun books:
Amusing Grace, Turkey Soup For The Soul--Tastes Just Like Chicken, Who Put The Cat in the Fridge, and I'm Dreaming of Some White Chocolate. Watch for High Heels In High Places In 2007. www.RhondaRhea.net. Event planners, go to www.FindRhonda.com
Have you ever had one of those weird hair mornings? You wake up (at least half-way) and scratch your rib cage as you stagger toward your bedroom door. But before you reach the door, you inadvertently catch a glimpse of something extremely disturbing. It's the mirror--and in it you find some strange-looking person who could not possibly be you. No, you would never let your hair look like that.
You begin the thought, "There's not enough hair gel in this hemisphere..." but then just sigh to yourself and think, "Oh well, symmetry isn't everything."
As disturbing as an asymmetrical hair day might be, Samson's by far topped them all in the 16th chapter of Judges. But it wasn't Samson's haircut that made it a bad hair day. The "no haircut rule" was part of the vow he made to God. There was no muscle in Samson's hair. It was his special dedication to the Lord that had given him strength. And it was his disobedience that zapped it. He had lost his devotion to God. As a matter of fact, he had traded it. He was more devoted to Delilah than he was to his God.
Samson's lack of devotion to God and his choice to sin blinded him to spiritual things. Verse 20 has to be one of the saddest statements ever recorded: "But he did not know that the LORD had left him."
Anytime we let our devotion to the Father slip away, we find our lives off-balance, asymmetrical--weak and disconnected from spiritual things. Staying committed to the Lord results in a life of real and lasting strength. And his strength is bigger than our biggest weakness. Though Samson suffered huge moral failure, he is still listed among the faithful in Hebrews 11:32-33. The passage speaks of one "whose weakness was turned to strength." Only the strength of God can do that. And he deserves our wholehearted devotion with every spiritual muscle!
Hair muscle doesn't count.
Rhonda Rhea--Speaker, radio personality, humor columnist, author of the fun books:
Amusing Grace, Turkey Soup For The Soul--Tastes Just Like Chicken, Who Put The Cat in the Fridge, and I'm Dreaming of Some White Chocolate. Watch for High Heels In High Places In 2007. www.RhondaRhea.net. Event planners, go to www.FindRhonda.com
