This has been eating at me all morning...
My minister's wife pulled my wife aside in church last Sunday and told her my hair was too long and that I should cut it. She even took it a step further and told her I looked like a gigolo. Of course, she told her not to tell me this, but my wife is originally from Mexico and although she speaks English rather fluently, she'd never heard that word before or knew its meaning. So when she asked me what it meant this morning as we were getting ready for work, I gave her the dictionary term and asked why she wanted to know.
At first I laughed and shrugged it off. Months prior to this, another couple of sisters had approached her and asked if she had given me permission to let my hair grow out. Permission? Again, it was something I just laughed about to myself.
I am familiar with 1 Cor. 11:14. I am also familiar with Absalom, John The Baptist and Samson. Back in the 80's I purposely cut my hair as to not be offensive in a different CoC congregation. Quite plainly, my hair grows like a weed, so now and again (throughout my entire 44 years), I just let it grow. And we're talking shoulders length, not heavy metal headbanging long. I don't have some sort of rebellious agenda. I'm not trying to shame the church or..."prostitute" myself. In first century Corinth, I could understand this being the case. But in a church where women have hair as short as the mens', no one stops their husbands to demand that they grow their hair longer because it looks bad. *sigh*
My minister is also a good friend. I'm actually supposed to have lunch with him today. Should I express my disappointment to him? Should I just pray on it and drop it? Should I go get a haircut instead?
Input. I need input. Any is appreciated. God Bless.
My minister's wife pulled my wife aside in church last Sunday and told her my hair was too long and that I should cut it. She even took it a step further and told her I looked like a gigolo. Of course, she told her not to tell me this, but my wife is originally from Mexico and although she speaks English rather fluently, she'd never heard that word before or knew its meaning. So when she asked me what it meant this morning as we were getting ready for work, I gave her the dictionary term and asked why she wanted to know.
At first I laughed and shrugged it off. Months prior to this, another couple of sisters had approached her and asked if she had given me permission to let my hair grow out. Permission? Again, it was something I just laughed about to myself.
I am familiar with 1 Cor. 11:14. I am also familiar with Absalom, John The Baptist and Samson. Back in the 80's I purposely cut my hair as to not be offensive in a different CoC congregation. Quite plainly, my hair grows like a weed, so now and again (throughout my entire 44 years), I just let it grow. And we're talking shoulders length, not heavy metal headbanging long. I don't have some sort of rebellious agenda. I'm not trying to shame the church or..."prostitute" myself. In first century Corinth, I could understand this being the case. But in a church where women have hair as short as the mens', no one stops their husbands to demand that they grow their hair longer because it looks bad. *sigh*
My minister is also a good friend. I'm actually supposed to have lunch with him today. Should I express my disappointment to him? Should I just pray on it and drop it? Should I go get a haircut instead?
Input. I need input. Any is appreciated. God Bless.
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