How I Learnt From God That He Intends All Males To Grow Beards

As I drove back from the church, I couldn’t help but ponder on the verse of the Bible which I found while in church earlier. I’ve never seen that verse –Leviticus 19:27 in the Bible ever before – how come no one has preached this in the church in over 3 decades I’ve spent on earth.

• Leviticus 19:27
Do not cut the hair at the sides of your head or trim your beard.

It’s my first time of reading this part of the scripture and I was even more filled with joy and gladness when I cross-referenced it with another scripture where King David commanded his people “Remain in Jericho until your beards have grown and then return!”, this was after one King humiliated David’s soldiers by shaving off their “precious” beards.

• 2 Samuel 10:5b
And the king said, “Remain at Jericho until your beards have grown and then return.”

I was glad to find this scripture from the Bible, I considered this a revelation from the Lord God himself. That he wants us to grow beards and maybe he frowns at us clipping off the edges of our beard. And most importantly, for the first time in my life I actually now believe that some Old Testament teachings actually do apply to the modern world we live in these days.

I thought about it in another way, as Christians, we are meant to emulate Jesus Christ in every way we could and we all know that Jesus’ beard is one of the most famous beards ever and should be an inspiration for all of us who grow beards.

None of us could ever die and rise again after 3 days; none of us can actually raise the dead, but one way we can live like Jesus is by growing a full luxurious beard, just as he did.

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At the barber salon…for the Grooming service

Current Time is 6:20 PM.

Here is the conversation that took place between me and my barber (Paul).

6:20pm – Paul: “Evening Boss”… he greeted me

6:20pm – Hey Paul, how are you today? I responded, as I sat down on the chair

6:25pm – Paul: I’m alright sir! [As he prepared his barbing tools/equipment to commence the grooming service]

Paul is my favorite barber, he knows my signature hair cut style (clean shaven or completely bald look), however, he usually suggests different beards style and have at one time refused to trim and shape my beards after I asked him to ‘cos he felt it should be left to grow wild for a while before trimming. Until I explained, that I only want to trim it a bit in order not to create a wrong impression at a job interview I had the following day.

6:40pm  – In less than 15 mins, Paul was done with the haircut and moved over to the “beard pampering session” without asking me any question about what I wanted, ‘cos he already knew what beard style would go well with my face shape

7:10pm – Still total silence for the past 30 minutes, as I thought deeply about completing this article when I got home.

7:20pm – Paul was done. “Thank You Paul (as I paid for the grooming service with an extra tip just before leaving the salon)

As I left the barber’s shop, I continued thinking about the bible scriptures. This truly inspired me to once again, to stay awake tonight (for the 2nd night in a row) to complete this piece and share my story with you all.

I hope you enjoyed it.

Selah!