Hiding yourself...

About a week or so ago – I was talking to a friend of mine and I was stomped for what to write as a message in my blog on this day. My friend said I should do a blog about their hair and their new hair-do.

Now – this message isn't guided towards my friend, but after pondering on that, a revelation just flashed before me.

I was thinking to myself of the biblical passage that says:

Matthew 10:30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

Then for whatever reason, I asked the question “Why do people dye their hair?” Now this of course depends on the age. If you were to ask a woman in her mid thirties/early fourties – it would probably be because they want to hide their Grey hair. If you were to ask a younger person – male or female, you'd probably get a response such as : other people do it so I want to be like everyone else, or you'd get a response similar to “it looks cool”.

So – again the question is – why do people dye their hair? Generally it's to hide something, but more specifically they want to hide who they are.

A young person wants to look cool – because they don't think they're cool as they are. An elderly person wants to look younger – therefore they dye their hair.

The thought is – just who do you think you're hiding this from? Remember – that God knows the number of hairs on your head, and I'm sure He knows what your real hair colour is and how many hairs are grey, black, brown, red, blonde, etc.

Now, a further question would become, why do you want to hide who you are? Do you not like who you are?

Look back at that passage from Matthew 10.

Matthew 10:26-31 Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known. [27] What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops. [28] And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. [29] Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. [30] But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. [31] Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.

We live in a world where we are worried of what others think because of our appearance and other things. So we move forward and do things that will allow others to love us. Yet Jesus taught: Fear not, for you are of more value. That is how much you are loved.

Generally – we want to hide something about ourselves because we are afraid of what others think. We're worried that if we don't look a certain way, or act a certain way that people won't love us.

Now – in the same way of dying our hair because we are afraid of what others think, or whether others will love us, this is just another viewpoint of what's going on in the spiritual world. You're hiding something about yourself in the physical world, so what other things are you hiding in the Spiritual world?

Now – I don't know all the things that you're hiding, but I know one thing that is obvious if you're going out and dying your hair. You lack trust in God.

Here I am – a 30 year old man and I'll be honest, I'm starting to see a few greys in my hair. I don't worry about it, because God created me. I know that regardless of the number of grey hairs I may have, that God still loves me.

And if the creator of the entire Universe loves me regardless of my appearance, does God not love you the same way?

We can try and hide things our entire lives from people, but the thing is, God still knows what it is we're trying to hide. Why do we try and deceive others, when there is a God who knows all? Why do we worry about what others think, when there is a God who values you more than what others think?

Why do we worry about others loving us, when there is a God who loves us?

May God bless you,