Wild Hair

You may know people like me, we are wild hair folks. I'm not certain of the origin of that "phrase". I have done some research and there is not a great deal of information out there. What is available tends to speak to what you would think, an outlandish idea, a "chasing rabbits" syndrome, or moving off a designated task to go after an un-designated task (a more sophisticated approach).

I get wild hairs on a regular basis. In fact, you could say my life has been one big "wild hair". Is that bad? I don't think so. Has it driven other people a bit wild? Most likely. Do I have anything to show for it? I suppose that depends on what you mean? I have a catalog of experiences I would never have had otherwise. I have done things, gone places, met people I would have never encountered any other way. Nevertheless, I have come to realize something.

A few days ago, I was writing a short story and some of the details of that story were from my past. When I began to ponder those specific pieces, I could see facets of my life that I had not seen before. "Wild hairs" can possibly move you out of the will of God without you knowing it. You get so caught up in the excitement of the new idea, dream, or vision that it can cloud your perspective on what is real - what is now.  In reality, the wild hair may be a means of running "from", not running "to", something.

That revelation stunned me. It opened up a full journal of circumstances, spanning almost forty years, that suddenly came under scrutiny. It was intimidating, to say the least.

Now let's kick in our theological engines. I can wrestle with the question, "Did I step out of God's will while chasing any of those wild hairs"? Or, I can simply rest and not wrestle, knowing that each action put me exactly where I was meant to be. 

Oops, there goes another wild hair!