As of this writing I’ve experienced
two total periods of complete hair loss. (FTR I was born with a full head of
curly hair.) Strong medicine is needed to kill the bully – cancer. When bunches
and gobs end up in the brush, on the floor or in my hand, it’s time to get
drastic and crop it as close as can be. Whatever is done to downplay the
altered body image, it’s important to remember the Lord’s interested
in refining the hidden person of the heart. (1 Peter 3:1-10, 2
Corinthians 4:16). Though the outward man is perishing the incorruptible inward
man is being renewed day by day. We could perhaps do without such a drastic
character building lesson but would the lesson be as long lasting?
Going bald is hardly in the top ten
on anyone’s life goal list, but it can be one of many expected
outcomes to chemotherapy infusions. Because hair loss is so visible, it is the
one side effect we fear more than some other truly debilitating conditions.
Wow! There’s nothing to be done to stop the locks from landing on the
floor. When you are in round 2 of this process like me, it’s hard not to wonder
when the cancer will really be gone and will the “crowning glory” grow back a
second time. Relying on Jesus Christ to carry this load is irrefutable. So
inclined are we to take credit for anything good going on, it
seems only natural to say our own personal strength got us
through. The Apostle Paul honestly admits Christ alone gave him
the strength to “do all things.” (Philippians
4:13) and (2 Corinthians 11:25) illustrated many ways Paul was tested through trials.
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