Hi!
Here’s a fun, true story that has happened in our world this week.
My mom was brushing Maddy’s hair a few days ago and asked her if Mommy took her for a haircut. She said no.
A few days went by, and a few more people commented – her hair was still able to be pulled up easily and it looked even, yes there were some areas that looked like there had been some breakage, but it had been a while since her last haircut.
Finally, Maddy went to stay the night with Grandma. Before bedtime Grandma asked her if she had cut her hair herself and this is what she said: “Well, I wanted shorter hair so I decided to cut it. So while Grammy was downstairs doing laundry with Caleb I took the scissors and cut my hair and threw it away in the kitchen trash. I knew after I did it that it was wrong and I should not have done it so I prayed to God, because He was the only one who saw me do it, and I know He forgave me so everything was okay and I didn’t need to worry about it.”
…needless to say my mother called me immediately and retold the story, and I made a mental note that we were going to Best Cuts as soon as she got home the next day…we’ll come back to this later…
More important to me was how she responded to my mom. Maddy knew that it was wrong to cut her hair so she prayed and asked forgiveness. I’m so glad that she understands the true nature of God’s forgiveness and freedom from guilt at an early age! In the last few weeks we have been talking a great deal about forgiveness at church. In fact, you can watch one of the most recent teachings about forgiveness here.
We love our church and we love how much our family is growing into a deeper relationship with Jesus. We transitioned here as a family in January and it was a big decision to leave where we were very involved, but over the past months God has show us in so many ways that we are in the right place. I have gone from seeing Jesus in black and white to high definition, and it appears that our little ones are being fed in the same way we are! Hallelujah!
So back to the haircut. I took Maddy to Best Cuts to “fix” the haircut. The stylist took about five minutes to fix her style and informed me that for a self haircut it was extremely even. In fact it was the best self haircut she had ever seen.
…we’re not sharing that tidbit with Maddy. She now understands that she need a license to cut hair!
Just us Johnstons 