Fresh Cut.

Woman prunes olive branch: Photo by Gary Barnes

Years ago, I was at a salon, and a stylist I know was doing her own hair while I was getting mine done in the opposite chair. 

She was preparing her hair for a sew-in. She looked at me and my stylist and said, "Time for a change." She grabbed what appeared to me to be a random clump of hair, took a pair of scissors, and chopped. 

My mouth flew wide open. I cannot watch when people get their hair cut, it is so traumatic. 

But then my stylist said, "No. It needed to be cut. Cut down to the life."  

I couldn't see it, but most of her hair was dead. In order for her to move into something new, she had to let go of the old. Holding on to split, dry, crackly ends further damages what healthy hair is left. 

In fact, the quickest way for her to move into hair health, was to chop off the old, even if it “looked” alive.

What do you need to cut off so you can step into the new?

Joshua told the people, “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do amazing things among you.”
https://www.bible.com/bible/111/jos.3.5.NIV

“I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. https://www.bible.com/bible/111/jhn.15.1-2.NIV