I am have blessed to be part of a Ladies Bible study this summer on contentment. I stuggle with this and needed to be reminded of how God sees us and how He truly is in control of everything and owns everything.
The one chapter that hit me the hardest was being content with who we are on the inside and outside. So...can you believe that I almost skipped the Bible study last night? Why? I didn't like the way my hair looked. Yep...I am that shallow.
Let me explain. It was a very busy day for me at home so I took a quick shower...brushed back my wet hair and put it in a headband. Now..we all know what happens when you put wet hair in a handband. The hair dries ...the headband is removed...and well you get the picture. There isn't enough gel or hairspray on earth that will fix that mess.
I rushed out the door to drop Alex off at his game and decided that I would fix this mess in the car. Headband went back on and off I went. Bad mistake.
I tried brushing it, gelling it, spraying it...nothing worked. I tried repeating the gel and the spray...now I was getting a headache. I even contemplated running to walgreens and buying a hat. Then I decided to do one more thing. I went into the bathroom at the baseball field and wet my hair. Second mistake..now I had wet hair that wouldn't dry because of all the gel and spray. I thought about asking my son if he really needed to wear his ball hat. Maybe I could borrow it for the night.
Then it hit me. I was about to skip a Bible study on contentment because I was not content with my hair. God humbled me...I shook off my discontentment...shook my hair and headed off to the study.
It was a great night. I am so glad I went. No one really cares what my hair looks like. Once we were together and in the word...I stopped caring what my hair looks like. How about you...what are you discontent with today? What's stopping you from giving it to God?
2 comments:
What a great example for us all! Too many times we obsess over the little things and almost miss the whole point of what God is trying to teach us.
In the past few years God has really taught me about contentment after fighting him for over a decade about having kids. Now I find that I'm pretty content with my life (even without kids) and with my small house (less to clean) and so much more. I finally am learning to not sweat the small stuff... or the big stuff even because He has it all under control anyways ;-)
Thanks for sharing your story!
Laughed as I read this. It's so how we women are sometimes. Glad you stuck it out and enjoyed the BS.
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