Bald, but Clean!

As you can see from the picture, I am bald. My hair isn’t thinning, it’s not receding, it is gone! I used to make fun of my Uncle Bill Brewer because he was bald. I once asked him, “Do you comb your hair with a washcloth?” When I was twenty years old with plenty of hair, that was hilarious. Now, at 63 and with no hair, not so much.

Imagine my surprise when I read the following in my daily Bible reading:

Leviticus 13:40-41 “If a man loses his hair and his head becomes bald, he is still ceremonially clean. And if he loses hair on his forehead, he simply has a bald forehead; he is still clean.

So at least I got that going for me…

When I first started losing my hair it bothered me. I tried hair thickeners, special shampoos, I even had a brief flirtation with a combover. Very brief. Then I decided to embrace my baldness. In the end, it’s just hair, or lack thereof. It didn’t change my heart or my personality, just my hairline. It didn’t change my relationship with God, he doesn’t care about things like that. I’m still clean to him.

It is so easy for us to get caught up in the things that matter least. If we spent that time seeking after God, how much better would we be? Imagine if we spent more time with God, and less time worrying about ourselves.

Quit obsessing about the things that don’t matter and dive into the things that do.

Besides, think of all the money I save on shampoo…