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Trusting in God
A few days ago, as I was combing my hair, tears started to fill my eyes, because I saw the strands of hair again, getting tangled up in my comb, and also littering my bedroom floor. It's hard not to get angry at even my hair strands for falling out. My hair piece gets the best treatment, I lovingly run my fingers through it's strands, while my God given hair, get's tossed around, without any attention. I have realized that I've let Alopecia make me a bitter woman. A friend of mine, while I was pouring out my heart to him about my hair loss, he said to me, it's sad that if you had a choice between having a deadly disease or hairloss, you would undoubtedly pick the disease. I nodded my head in agreement, all the while knowing that I would have made the wrong choice if that had been the case. Then a thought crept into my mind, a well known story in the Bible, the story of Peter walking on water. Matthew 14:22-33. What ministered to me is this, Jesus instructed Peter to come to him, (to walk on water) in the midst of unrest in the water. The winds were strong, and so the waves were great as well. Peter asked Jesus to instruct him to come to Him, and He did. Jesus could have told him to wait, wait till the waters calmed down, but He did'nt. Peter could have even asked Jesus to make the waters calm before-hand, so it would be less of a task that required great faith, but he did'nt. Sometimes God calls us not only unto obedience, but also to trust Him when life is much like the waves of the sea, tossing us to and fro. God does'nt ask us to do simple things, He only asks us to TRUST Him. If you asked Abraham if the Lord's instruction to sacrifice his son was a simple task for him, he would say no. He acted on trust in the middle of hopelessness. Thanking God for everything, even if life is'nt going my way, God is still able. If Job could still praise him, after all he lost, why can't I? To Him who is able, I give you praise!
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Comment by LilyBell*Murphy'sLawLuvsMe on September 23, 2011 at 11:58pm
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very well said
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Comment by Elizabeth on September 24, 2011 at 1:24am
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Thanks LilyBell!
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Comment by Rodeli on September 24, 2011 at 1:33am
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Hi Elizabeth, I'm glad you are finding comfort in the scriptures. You may also remember that the Apostle Paul was afflicted with many heatlh problems which he asked God to spare him from and God said His grace is sufficient and that good can come out of our infirmities. We may feel at times that our alopecia is a hard "cross" for us to bear, but really, sometimes it becomes a gift if we allow ourselves to look at it that way. I think we become stronger, kinder, more sensitive and caring people toward others, especially who have far heavier crosses to bear. I know that I may not be the person I am today if it were not for alopecia. Would I still like the experience of having my own real hair? Sure I would. But when I focus my attention and devotion to things more important than my hair, it sort of puts it in perspective. I think there are far worse things we can lose or experience in this life. Glad you can turn your anger into joy and praise. I'm a firm believer that God will never give us more to bear than He knows we have the inner strength to handle. He uses our infirmities to show us all the possibilities of who we can become in spite of them to make us better people.
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Amen! I believe that "all things work together, for those that love the Lord"..All meaning good or bad... Alopecia has definitely taught me to be more sensitive, and it is a lesson that I would never have learned otherwise, without experience...
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Comment by Cheryl, Co-founder on September 24, 2011 at 1:15pm
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I wrote a blog not so long ago based on Romans 12:2
"Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is--his good, pleasing and perfect will."
In a lot of cases the "cure" for alopecia for me was renewing my mind on what I thought was beautiful,what I thought was a woman as well as learning to develop a true sense of self-confidence that is not depedent on what others may or may not think of me. A lot of people ask for healing, I believe I got my healing it was just not in the form of follicles on my head, it was the ability to live with or without the hair.
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@Cheryl, Amen! I pray that God renew my mind daily, because what the enemy would have me do is to turn my back on God because of Alopecia. I know that God works in mysterious ways, and while I don't understand why this is happening, nevertheless God knows, and He sees it.
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Comment by Nachiketa Sanyal on September 27, 2011 at 8:54am
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My Hindu faith teaches me that everything in life is perfectly logical and happens for a reason; so i look upon my alopecia and the other bad things in life as just a part of this cycle of karma.. By being bitter or nasty about it, we only increase our burden of negative karma
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@Nachiketa, Thanks for the friend request....I also believe that everything happens for a reason, and that while the reason is not understood by us, God knows all and see's all... I don't believe in Karma, as I am a Christian, but I do believe that with God all things are possible.
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