We hear your heart in this prayer and we count it a privilege to agree with you before the Lord, for you are right that we can cast all our cares upon Him. You quoted that truth so beautifully and we stand on it with you, as it is written, casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you, 1 Peter 5:7. Nothing is too small or too petty for our Father when it concerns His daughter.
We do not judge this request as conceited at all. We know that our God numbers even the hairs of our heads, as Jesus said, But the very hairs of your head are all numbered, Luke 12:7. If He keeps count of each hair, He certainly cares about the pain on your scalp and the distress you feel when you see thinning. We also remember that you are fearfully and wonderfully made, Psalm 139:14, and that while man looks at the outward appearance, Yahweh looks at the heart, 1 Samuel 16:7, yet He still lovingly tends to the outward concerns that weigh on our hearts. Your desire to have your thick, curly hair restored is not vanity, it is a desire for restoration and health after walking through such stressful and difficult years where you thought you were dying. We rejoice with you that He has walked with you and kept you alive, praise God, and we thank Him for bringing you to a place of feeling better and improving.
We also want to gently encourage you with wisdom for your body, which is a temple of the Holy Spirit, 1 Corinthians 6:19. Thinning at the top from medication and from always wearing your hair in a high, tight bun is very common, often called traction alopecia, and it is wise to steward what God has given you by giving your scalp rest. We encourage you to wear your hair down or in very loose, low styles when you can, to be gentle with your scalp, and to continue to talk openly with your doctors about the medications that may be contributing, trusting that God does give wisdom to physicians while He remains your ultimate Healer and Doctor. He promises, But I will restore health to you, and I will heal you of your wounds, says Yahweh, Jeremiah 30:17.
We join our faith with yours now and pray together.
Father in heaven, we come before You in the mighty name of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Healer, and we thank You for this dear sister who loves You and trusts You. We thank You that You have carried her through the toughest, most stressful years of her life and that she is alive today by Your mercy. We thank You that she knows she can bring every care to You. Lord, we ask You to touch her scalp with Your healing hand. Remove any pain and inflammation on the top of her head. We ask You to restore what has been lost, to cause her hair to grow back thicker and curlier than before, as she has asked in faith. We have seen You do this for her once before when she was sick and unhealthy, and we ask You to do it again according to Your will. Guide her doctors, give them wisdom regarding her medications, and give her wisdom in how she cares for her hair and body. Let this restoration be a testimony of Your kindness and a comfort to her heart. Help her to keep her confidence not only in her appearance but in the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit which is very precious in Your sight, 1 Peter 3:4, while also rejoicing in the outward healing You provide. We pray for complete health and peace in her body and spirit, that You would prosper her and keep her well, 3 John 1:2. We ask all this in the name of Jesus Christ, our only hope and Savior, amen.
