Hair, our adornment…

 Hair, our adornment…..

This week less than two weeks into Chemotherapy, I started losing my hair…I had cut is short a week before treatments started to prepared myself, but, going totally bald is a whole new dimension…suddenly a “skin head” is hard…and in the big scheme of life is little, but ….the thing is your hair actually hurts to touch…

In the book of Leviticus, baldness is dealt with in the Law, with unclean and clean, depending on whether there is disease…

Elisha must have been bald as he was teased/disrespected about it…

 “He went up from there to Bethel, and while he was going up on the way, some small boys came out of the city and jeered at him, saying, “Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!” And he turned around, and when he saw them, he cursed them in the name of the Lord. And two she-bears came out of the woods and tore forty-two of the boys. From there he went on to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.”

2Kgs.2.23-25

Shaved heads was a sign of mourning or even disgrace if done by an enemy…

 I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation;I will bring sackcloth on every waist and baldness on every head;I will make it like the mourning for an only son and the end of it like a bitter day.

Amos.8.10

 Make yourselves bald and cut off your hair,for the children of your delight;make yourselves as bald as the eagle,for they shall go from you into exile.

Mic.1.16

So having gone to gray hair and now to bald has been a switch…

 So even to old age and gray hairs,O God, do not forsake me,until I proclaim your might to another generation,your power to all those to come.

Ps.71.18

  Gray hair is a crown of glory;it is gained in a righteous life.

Prov.16.31

 The glory of young men is their strength,but the splendor of old men is their gray hair.

Prov.20.29

And now there is less hair to number…

 But even the hairs of your head are all numbered.

Matt.10.30

But, it does come to this…for me…trying not to be vain, but, I liked my hair, it was warm, and hopefully it will return…for now less to care for in this season….

 but if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For her hair is given to her for a covering.

1Cor.11.15

I looked up cancer hair loss, and for the most part, they haven’t been able to come up with a solution…for most, it is just one of the many side effects…some they can combat, and others we just take it as part of the package…

So,scarves, hats and wigs are the solution…

Thank YOU…

Jireh….

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mC-zw0zCCtg

“What God Has Prepared For You, May



Written by By David Gira

“So Abraham called that place The Lord Will Provide. And to this day it is said, ‘On the mountain of the Lord it will be provided’” (Genesis 22:14 NIV).

Where will the money come from to pay for cancer treatment? The strength? The words to tell your kids? How will you find the right oncologist? Know what to do? Will friends and family help? While you may not know how or when, “the Lord will provide” (Genesis 22:14).

In the first book of the Bible, Genesis, we find one of Scripture’s most challenging stories. God commands Abraham, a key person in the Old Testament, to sacrifice his one and only child, Isaac. God had promised Isaac to Abraham and Sarah in their old age. To take the life of any child was unacceptable. To sacrifice Isaac was truly unfathomable.

Shockingly, Abraham does not resist God. He takes Isaac and heads to the mountain where he is to sacrifice his son. 

Along the way, Isaac sees they have the fire and the wood, but asks his father about a lamb for the sacrifice. Abraham answers, “God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son” (Genesis 22:8 NIV).

The dreadful moment arrives. Abraham takes the knife in his hand. At that moment, the Lord commands Abraham to stop and not harm the boy.

The entire gut-wrenching experience turns out to be a test. Did Abraham stand in awe of God’s power and majesty? Would he worship God alone? Would he love, honor, trust, and obey God—no matter what? Would Abraham give God everything, even his one and only son? In the New Testament, we are given a little window into how Abraham could obey God, even in this. We are told he truly believed that God could raise this promised son from the dead! (See Hebrews 11:17-19.)

At any rate, having passed the terrible test, Abraham looks up and sees a ram caught in a thicket, provided by God to be the sacrifice. God also gives Abraham a special blessing. Abraham names the place, “The Lord Will Provide.” 

You might feel like God gave you cancer to test you. Nothing could be further from the truth. Thankfully, Jesus has passed the test for you. God the Father allowed His one and only Son to be sacrificed for you. You do not have to walk the “perfect” cancer walk. The perfect Lamb of God has washed away your every mistake (see John 1:29). Jesus died so you can live abundantly and eternally. He gives you courage, faith, hope, and healing.

Cancer is not a test, but it does test you. You want to obey God no matter what. You want to hold nothing back. You want to place your total trust in God. With or without cancer, you want to faithfully follow Jesus, but the disease is incredibly difficult. It threatens to take your life, or the life of a loved one, and may have already taken someone special from you. Cancer requires more than you have.

Whatever cancer demands, God will provide. You can trust God’s provision. You too can name this time and place of cancer, “The Lord Will Provide”.  

Pray: Lord, look mercifully upon my life, and see all that I need. I want to faithfully face cancer, but it demands far more than I have. Thank You for being my God who always provides what I need. Help me trust You today and every day of my life. Above all, I thank You for Jesus. Amen.

Your Turn: Listen to this amazing song, “Jireh,” by Elevation Worship and Maverick City. Jehovah-Jireh means “The Lord Will Provide.” Remember the many ways God has provided for you. Give God thanks! Next, ask God to provide for what you need today.  “