The first time I saw this woman at church, I was a little surprised to see the colors in her hair; a most unusual do for a retirement community. I finally had the nerve to ask her the story behind her hair (the following is paraphrased by me)
“Last summer I was doing a Bible study and I really was impressed by how colorful God is. The theme of color kept running through my head. I was at the beauty salon and saw a hairdresser adding colors to hair and I felt that God wanted me to represent His color through my hair. So I did it, a little nervous as to what all the ‘old people’ at church would think (the ladies love it…the men not so much). A few weeks later I went to visit my grandkids who are teenagers. Both were shocked at my hair. On Sunday they asked if it was ok to go to church with hair colored like this (as they have some crazy hair too). I told them it was; they joined me for the first time at church. One is now walking with the Lord.”
Is that not the coolest story of how God can use the weirdest things to bring others to Him. I was so blessed by this woman’s story and am glad I had the guts to ask her to tell me her story. What are the stories that are around you that you might be missing out on because you don’t want to ask?
For another story of a great Christian who was asked to do something that went against his culture read Reese Howells - Intercessor
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