Storm

   My older sons decided that I resemble Storm, an Anime character.  You see, Storm has a really amazing gray streak of hair that swooshes to one side from above her forehead. 

   Not being familiar with this Storm woman, I asked if this was a bad thing.  “No, Mom!  We like it.”

   Proverbs 16:31 says “A gray head is a crown of glory; it is found in the way of righteousness.”

   Why ladies must feel they should prevent or get rid of any evidence of aging is a point of curiosity.  Apparently there is a perception that gray hair is not socially acceptable, a stark contrast to the honor and wisdom portrayed in God’s Word.

   There is evidence that gray hair can occur as a result of stress, trauma or tragedy.  There are countless other physiological responses to these events as well as the transformed top knot.  But somehow, gray hair seems to carry the brunt of the responsibility simply because of its obvious location. 

   Consider the children’s perspective as they listen to their mother talk as if they are to blame for this change of her hair color.  On the contrary, this transformation could have easily been as a result of heridity.  The children are presented with an inadvertent but clearly defined expectation to respond to this sarcasm, internally, by accepting the blame.   

   A more wholesome solution to this unnecessarily conjured issue would be to value the richness of this life station and the indications which accompany it.

   In the process of taking the advancing of years in stride, it is less expensive, monitarily and relationally, to stick with God’s plan; the coming Storm!