Submitted Christian Writings
THE BARBER
After twenty years of shaving himself every morning, a man in a small Southern town
decided he had enough. He told his wife that he intended to let the local barber shave him
each day. He put on his hat and coat and went to the barber shop, which was owned by the
pastor of the town's Baptist Church. The barber's wife, Grace, was working that day, so
she performed the task.
Grace shaved him and sprayed him with lilac water, and said, "That will be
$20."
The man thought the price was a bit high, but he paid the bill and went to work. The
next morning the man looked in the mirror, and his face was as smooth as it had been when
he left the barber shop the day before. Not bad, he thought. At least I don't need to get
a shave every day.
The next morning, the man's face was still smooth. Two weeks later, the man was still
unable to find any trace of whiskers on his face. It was more than he could take, so he
returned to the barber shop.
"I thought $20 was high for a shave", he told the barber, and that his
wife had done such a great job, that in two weeks his whiskers still haven't started
growing back.
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The barber simply responded,
"You were shaved by Grace.
Once shaved, always shaved."
- Author Unknown
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