The lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.—Psalm 34:10 (NIV)

I gulped down two Tylenols and headed for my car. For weeks, I’d been running myself ragged. Providing care for my parents, serving at church, and meeting the needs of my husband and boys had left me weary. “Father, please provide in abundance today,” I prayed. For energy. For strength. For stamina. For my temples to stop throbbing with each beat of my heart. It was Hair Day for Mama and me, but I wished that I could rest at home. 

When I arrived at Mama’s, she met me at the door, her pink walker ready to roll. An hour later, Mama sat in the hairdresser’s chair with foils adorning her head like a halo. “You won’t believe what happened next,” Mama said to Brandi, our stylist and friend. “That cat climbed like he was escaping the Great Flood.” Brandi and I laughed. Mama struggled with depression, and since she and Daddy had stopped driving, it had been worse. But today, story after story came bubbling up. She talked all the while her hair processed and Brandi foiled mine.  

Later, at Mama and Daddy’s, when it was time to say goodbye, I wished that I could linger. I’d asked the Lord to provide necessities, and He’d lavished love. He’d brought happiness. Laughter. And peace. I’ll forever remember Mama on Hair Day.  

As God’s beloved daughters, we lacked no good thing.