What do you see when you look in the mirror? Do you see who you once were, or who you can be?
When I was younger, I fell in love with my own reflection and couldn’t pass a mirror, storefront window, or a rain puddle without looking at myself. I thought I was “such a much” . . . I was simply deluded.
Later in life, I looked into a more accurate mirror . . . the Bible. The one that sees deeper than skin, the one that sees the state of the heart. I saw a mess who was in desperate need of a makeover.
I looked again, and the girl was someone else.
We’re conditioned to believe time diminishes beauty. It doesn’t. Every line in my face reminds me of growing seasons, a crevice well-earned.
We know how mirrors work. We either see what we want, or we see all the blemishes. We walk away airbrushed, not remembering the flaws, but see everyone else’s with a magnifying glass.
If we look at the Bible as a big, boring book of can’ts and shant’s, we won’t open it to see inside . . . ourselves.
James 1:23 tells us; For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror; for once he has looked at himself and gone away, he has immediately forgotten what kind of person he was.
The word is gospel and tells us to change. To do what we hear.
We put away our mirror, walk into the world, and forget who we are and where we’re seated. We look at our weaknesses instead of the power in the holy reflection.
The mirror of the Word paints us with glory and allows us to see ourselves as God sees us . . . His child.
Believe what has been written for you and be a doer, not a hearer.
So, peer into the looking glass of God’s word today and primp for holiness.
Come out with a new look – glory to glory!
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Verna
I love this, Verna! How true….and powerful! May we all see the person God created us to be!
He went to alot of creative work to wonderfully and fearfully make us. Thank you, Laura!
This is something I struggle with — seeing with my own eyes instead of God’s eyes. Thanks for the reminder that God’s definition of me is so much greater than anything I can see or find on earth…
Carol, a child of God . . . who has royal lineage and looks great! Always grateful for your visits!
Hi Verna, I am new to your blog, and am enjoying it muchly! Thank you for your keen insight, and keeping to the Word.
You are a sweet addition, Cindy! Thank you for your visit and kind comment.
I struggle with this, too. I have to keep telling myself “God made me in His own image and likeness. He loves me just the way I am. I’ve always thought that when I get to heaven, I want to ask Him why I’ve always struggled with my weight . . .
Thanks for this, Verna. ((Hugs))
. . . because we focus on what we perceive as imperfections. That’s why we must see ourselves through holy lens, Helene – you are beautiful!
Verna, reminds me of an old song taken directly from the Word. “From glory to glory, He’s changing me, changing me, changing me. His likeness and image to perfect in me, the love of God shown to the world”. It’s true when we dare to believe it!
Thanks for sharing. Praying for you dear friend.
I thank you for that, Glenda . . . always grateful for my dear friend’s covering. . . . and songs.
Coming from the reverse end, Verna–I always used to look into mirrors and be surprised at my reflection. I spent so many hours living the different lives of book characters or my own characters that I would forget what I looked like. It can be a dangerous thing, for a fiction writer, because it’s “head-acting”–stepping into the roles of characters and feeling what they feel in order to depict it on the page.
That’s why I cherish the Word of God, because it is wonderful and necessary to show me who I really am: a sinner saved by grace, and transformed by the indwelling power of the Holy Spirit into a daughter of the Most High God. The Bible also reminds me that, as much as I love my stories, they are only a tiny part of a much greater story He is writing for eternity–and how humbling it is that I might make some small contribution to that story!