LOVE...

So I've been told by a certain someone I haven't written in awhile so I guess I should express some of my thoughts now. LOL. So I thought I'd talk about LOVE yes LOVE I mean it is Valentines Day next week and all.
         I know all you couples out there will be all gitty on this day and all you single people will be all like "Why did this day have to even come". LOL I use to be in that boat TRUST ME but not this year I have a great guy I not only get to spend a special day with but I get to spend a lot of other time with him as well. He's the best thing that's ever happened to me. 
    Ok enough about me, so for those of you that hate this Holiday for various reason rather it be you single and you don't have a special someone in your life or you've been hurt on this day or any other reason as to why you might hate this day. I want to brighten your thoughts about this day. 
        So in the Bible the most talked about thing that is ever mentioned in the bible is LOVE, yes that's correct it is LOVE. Love your Neighbor, Love the Lord your God, Love your Enemy and the list goes on. So lets say you don't have a special someone to spend the day with and you feel depressed every Valentines Day or you hate the day for other reason well this might make you feel better. God LOVES YOU! 
   Yes you in all your imperfections,quirks and habits he LOVES you! And even though you may not like Valentines Day as a Whole you can still have a peace of mind that there is someone who LOVES you even more than you can even fathom. And that should make you feel even better because God will LOVE you even more than your parents LOVE you. 
      Take a minute and think about how much your parents,friends or loved ones LOVE you now times that but 1,000 that doesn't even come close to the amount that God LOVES you but it's pretty darn close. 
      This day can be pretty awful for a,lot of reasons but I hope everyone can see that God LOVES you and for that you should feel great!

**Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.  It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.  Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.  It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.  Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away". - 1 Corinthians 13: 4-8*

Waiting....

I'm sure a lot of us have had to wait for certain things in our lives. Such as, finding the perfect job, a place you wish to live and even who you'll spend your life with. I know for me waiting is not something I really like to do, patience is not a virtue I have at all. So to wait for something in my life it is a difficult thing to do. As humans we all live in a fast paste world where you really don't need to wait for anything it's right at your finger tips. 

     I know I have customers that do not want to wait for a certain time to have their hair done. They want it done right then and there and they do not want to be told they need to come back another time. That's when people should learn patience because you can't control when things get done you just need to go with the flow as some would say. And you know what? Sometimes waiting when the attention will be on you 100% is even better because you'll get a better service done.

     The one thing in life that we really do not need to be waiting for to be patient about is God's love for us. That comes instantly when we are all created. It's a given God is going to love you, so this is one love you'll never have to wait for. Waiting for things in our lives that God wants you to wait for is the most important ones to wait for. The time we do things to quickly and do them against God's will is when things don't turn out so well. Waiting for things God wants us to have is the most important blessing we could ever acquire. 

   There's a song by John Waller that when I am not in the waiting mode I listen to because it makes you put everything into perspective again and it makes you realize why you wait and while your waiting to always praise the Lord. 

 "While I'm waiting I will serve you, while I'm waiting I will worship, while I'm waiting I will not faint, I'll be running the race even while I wait". John Waller

    

The Battlefield....

I know I always said I'd be talking about hair in all my blogs but sometimes you can't just talk about on specific topic. Although I will through bits and pieces of it in this blog. lol. So I'm going to talk about Stress, Worrying, Anxiety. Yes including myself we all struggle with is, however we don't need to.
     First off lets see why we have stress; there's stress caused by family's,jobs,friends or even people we have to tolerate but wish not to. lol. So I struggle with this on a daily basis I do admit and it is a constant battle to not let it get the better of you. I mean I could see someone one day and they can either make my day ten times better or it can go the total opposite where I'd rather ripe their head off because they stress me out seeing them. 
       So this is what I try to do in those situations, first off I try to calm myself down and thank God for their presence in my life. And I do a lot of praying about the battlefield of our minds and how we need to train our thoughts. Not every person we come into contact with on a given day can make it a positive impact. No they can make it to the point you want to yell at that person. But we all know we need to tolerate certain people and certain situations. 
        One of the biggest things to do in situations like this in your life is to make it a habit to have time with God and tell him how we feel and make it a constant habit to try and think positively. Even when we don't want to it is best to because its when we don't that the Devil gets the foot hold he needs to impact our thinking and we don't want that to happen. So it is a battle to make sure that doesn't happen. Whenever I don't feel like I can handle it anymore I first go to the word and the one verse that has an impact on that part of my life is Matthew 6:25-34
 “So I tell you, don’t worry about the food or drink you need to live, or about the clothes you need for your body. Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothes. 26 Look at the birds in the air. They don’t plant or harvest or store food in barns, but your heavenly Father feeds them. And you know that you are worth much more than the birds. 27 You cannot add any time to your life by worrying about it". 
       This verse helps me to just let go of all the worry in my life, and I continue to tell myself this verse on a regular basis. We shouldn't have to worry about the things of this life because our Heavenly Father takes care of those things for us. We just need to not let it get the best of us and to continue to move forward with our worry and not to be stuck in a state of worry which can easily happen. If you feel you are and you don't think your strong enough to endure it, well your Heavenly Father is so bring it to him. :-)

* I know I'm not Strong Enough to be everything I have to be I give up, I'm not Strong Enough hands of mercy won't you cover me Lord right now I'm asking you to be Strong Enough, Strong Enough, for the both of us". - Matthew West

We don't need to be Strong Enough when we have a Heavenly Father that's Strong Enough for the both of us. :-)

Why we have Christmas in the first place....

Do any of you have such a busy life there are times when you can't even see straight?.... Well that's my life every Holiday season better yet that's my life daily. lol. As a hairdresser we LOVE this time of year because of all the business of people coming in to get their hair all set for the Holiday season. The joy of having your business being so busy for the Holiday season is a wonderful feeling you never have to worry about a slow day, because you know it will be busy in some way because everyone wants to get their colors, perms, highlights, haircuts all these things done right before everyone comes over for Holiday meals. It also makes you feel good that you can do that for someone. That you have the ability to make that person feel good about themselves for that time being while their hair is getting done. A lot of people may not look at it like that but it is a good feeling it really is. I mean how many professions can you actually say you made that person's day by making them feel better about themselves because they got something new done to their hair. Not many right? I know for me that's the highlight of my day is when I get done someones hair and I know their confidence just boosted a little bit more that day because they like what they see. 
 As a family person the Holiday season can be down right stressful at times. Go there, Come here, you almost want to pull your hair out because its so busy. 
       We have to keep in m ind though even though our lives may become so incredible busy we've got to remember to be thankful that we have these life's to be busy with. I mean there are people in the Army that won't be home to see their family's for the Holiday season, there's people that have lost loved ones that won't be seeing them this year, the list goes on. I'm incredible thankful I have the busy life I do have because if I didn't something would be very wrong. lol. My family does not know how to sit still that is for sure.
        I think we all have to remember though why we even have Holidays such as Christmas. Now lets break down the word Christmas, its Christ...mas.... So when people say Merry X-mas. That's quite offensive to a lot of people that are Christians. We don't want to take Christ out of Christmas in no way shape or form. We wouldn't be celebrating Christmas if it wasn't for Christ. I mean he had to be born to even have Christmas as a Holiday right? So we should all ponder on that thought forget all the business this season brings us and all the stress of buying everyone under the sun a present. Our most special gift is Christ's birthday and why we even celebrate it in the first place. I hope everyone can step aside and remember what this season is all about and enjoy the time with family and not worry about buying the perfect gift, because in my book Christ was the perfect gift. 

*"May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit". - Romans 15:12-13*

Forgiveness...

I'm going to write about something completly different from all my other blogs. I'm not going to write about hair I am however going to write about life. And forgiveness in life. Forgiveness is one of the hardest things to do in life. People have hurt others feelings so bad at times and you don't even know how to forgive them. The thing is if you don't forgive them you will live your life with that regret about not forgiving that person. I mean think about it do you actually want to give that person/persons the satifaction of you not forgiving them. Its not hurting them, its hurting YOU!!! Yes, YOU!!! It does more harm than good to hold on to that kind of hate towards a person. "But I don't hate that person I just don't forgive them". Its the same thing!! You holding onto that unforgiveness is basically saying you HATE that person. And God does not like that. God forgave all of us publicly I mean that's the best forgiveness one person could give to another. And we can't go up to a person and say sorry?? Well if we can't that's the devil working aganist us. So let's look at some scripture on forgiveness.
  Ok the first verse is Matthew 6:14-15 " for if you forgive other people when they sin aganist you, your heavenly father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins". Now this verse is pretty clear! But why is it so hard for people to concept? When its written in black and white. We need to learn to forgive it not only helps you and that person but it also make God happy. Jesus also says in Matthew 18:21-22 " Lord how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins aganist me? Up to seven times?" Jesus answered "I tell you not seven times but seventy seven times". Jesus is telling us to forgive the person who has offended us or that has crossed us as many times as it takes up to seventy seven times. I know forgiveness is a hard thing to do but its something we have to do. So if we just pray daily and look to God we will be able to forgive the person that's crossed us.

* "If we confess our sins,he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness". 1 John 1:9
  

Stress...

Today I'm going to talk about stress! We all have it so don't deny it because you do. There are so many things these days we can get stressed about. For some people doing something different with their hair can be a very stressful experience. I'm not sure how it could be hair grows back and you can always change it, but it can be for several people. Now to learn how to cope with the stress of doing something different with your hair. Here are some tips:
1: find a hairdresser you feel very comfortable with. This helps with the stress part because if your unsure or unhappy you want to be able to talk to them. After all that is their job.
2: prepare yourself mentally, for instance if you want to cut your hair quite short trying pinning it back and up to that lenghth and wear it around the house. This will help you get use to the idea. Or find a picture of a haircut and cut it out and keep the picture where you can see it often to get use to the idea.
3: have fun changing it up! Relax!
        Now that I've talked about stress with hair I'm going to talk about stress in general. In todays world there are so many senerios for stress. Wheather it be financial, personal or work related. Stress is all around us its how we handle it that is important. I know a lot of times we forget that we don't have to go about it alone even though we think we do. We need to look to God for even our stressful times in life. We may think it is a very small thing to bring to God but it is not. He would want us to pray about everything with him. I sometimes forget to do that and remember he is always there for you. When you think no one else in your life could possibly understand what your going through. God will always know. We also need to remember he won't give you anything in your life more than you can handle. And we need to keep that in mind to help us through life's stressful times.

* " Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your request be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your heart and your minds in Christ Jesus". Phillipians 4:6,7.  

Motions....

     Today I'm going to talk about Motions,and how everyone goes through all these motions when changing things in their lives. Such as, Changing hair. Changing hair for some people can be quite an emotional process so they go through several motions during the process. I get several people in The Salon that want a change however they don't actually want one in the end. For some people cutting their hair for instance is a very emotional process. Hair can be like a comfort blanket to some people it's always been there and the thought of it not being there scares people. When in reality it is good to let go of something that has that big of a hold on you. It's not a healthy thing to keep your hair long just because it is a comfort thing. Having a fresh new look can make even the most depressed person feel good again, and that's an important thing to have. 
    It's the same with our spiritual walk, some people go through all these emotions in their walk with God yet they do not get anywhere with it. Especially with our spiritual walk if you do not allow yourself to go through the emotions your basically just like a rock sitting on the ground you show nothing unless someone comes over and picks you up. And that someone can be Jesus Christ if you allow him to. He looks down on all his children and if your one of those that do not follow him he's the one going through the motions. He'll go through Sadness, Anger, helplessness all these motions when you have not desire to search your motions and why your feeling them. You can really be in an agonizing state if your not following God and you know he's knocking on your door to let him in. You go through the kinds of motions that basically tell yourself "Oh, I'm fine I'm a good person I don't need God". When in reality you do!! That's the devil playing his game on you. You think you can live your life without God and to try and prove it to yourself you bring things into your life like Bad friends,bad relationships,bad jobs all these things. No worldly thing can fill the spot of God. So discover your motions toward God they're probably one of the stronger motions you may get. Remember you can run but you can't hide from God. 




  

"And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose." - Romans 8:28