There Ain't No Substitute for the Real Thing People

Y'all are gonna laugh at me.

Hard.

So when you're a missionary, you are supposed to keep your hair nice and clean cut. You're representing the Lord after all; look the part! So every so often this missionary starts needing a hair cut ( he likes his hair nice and short ). Usually he grabs a pair of electrical clippers from another missionary and cuts his own hair and has his companion trim the sides and back. It always works out great and looks even better.

This time was wayyyyyy different people. Typical hair cut time protocol. Except this time the only available clippers have only belonged to the other missionary for about..... ten hours. The guy bought them that very morning. Didn't read the instructions or actually know how to use them really. But I didn't know that. I just knew he had clippers and I needed a hair cut. So the day comes to an end and I ask him for a cut before bed. The clippers go bad about halfway through cuz he messed around with them too much. He had cut me at a 3 length and I originally wanted a 1. So what happens? Another missionary present remembers he has a set of clippers of his own that are smaller and reserved for little things like edging and beard trimming, but he has used them before on full heads. So he gets them. Puts the 1 setting on, takes a swipe.... "Whoa....."

WATTAYA MEAN WHOA?!

Hands me a mirror. My hair is essentially about as short as it comes without shaving it with a razor. Nothing wrong with that length right? WRONG. Way too short. But of course, there's no helping that little detail now! So we are forced to cut the rest of it the same length. (Sigh of reluctant acceptance)

Lesson to be learned? Nothing beats the real thing. And not just in haircuts. In everything. If we desire the best results, we should go straight to the source and get the best we can. Here's the tie in to the Gospel people: If we want the most out of our relationship with our Heavenly Father, we must go to Him. We must pray to Him, study and search His word, heed the counsel of His authorized servants, and follow His Way. That way we don't get the short end of the deal. Get it? Short end of the deal... tying extra short haircuts into the Gospel... yeah I think y'all get it.

NOTE: This post was originally written approximately 2 months ago.... as in September. But for some reason my blog didn't post it when I pressed submit, and I just didn't notice. So I am now posting it, today being November 19th.... Oh well. Why waste a good post, right? Enjoy the funny story.