Dove posted a video - you might have seen it or heard about it by now - the essence of the video nails the truth about us - the women - when we look in the mirror we don't see what others see.
Our view is off kilter because we hone in on what we judge as 'faults' and negatives and allow them to overshadow and block out everything else that is reflecting back at us.
Have you ever wondered why we are so hard to please, when looking in the mirror? Why are we never fully satisfied with our reflection?
Why is the ....
nose either too big or too small, too wide or too sharp....
ears are either too small or too large, or stick out too far and in hiding behind the hair
waist either too wide or non-existing
chin either too dominant or without character ...
etc.!!!!!
When did that start in your life?
Who told you that you aren't beautiful?
God is my Maker - the one who created me - formed me while I was still unseen by the world - made me in his image - wonderfully made!
What is it in me that causes me to quarrel, complain and criticize what God made? I am the clay saying to the potter: "What are you making?" (Isaiah 45:9)
I believe we were created for beauty -
not to be used to get attention,
not to be used to seduce
not to be used to get our way
not to be used to make money
not to be used to gain position
our beauty is meant to reflect God's beauty -
a sunset 'wows' us, makes our heart sigh in wonder and longing to meet the Creator of this splendor!
- in the same way, when he made us - each one individually and different - it was with the intent that we would reflect who God is...... beautiful, amazing, incredibly intricate, powerful.......
But a sad result of our rebellion is that we, the creation, have become our own center of attention and worship.
And a sad result of that is:
beauty has been given a certain shape and look and no matter how far we are from obtaining that -
we still strive,
we still wish,
we are left critical and unsatisfied with our Maker!!
What if?
- what if I could embrace the basic truth that declares God as my Maker, and that I am fearfully and wonderfully made in his image.
what if I let Truth speak loud enough to drown out other voices that speak against it!
- and start listening to the rest of the words......
He knows the number of hairs on my head, he sees me when I'm laying down and also when I try to hide, he is the one who knit me together in my mother's womb, saw me when I was yet an unformed substance, knew my days before they had even begun, before I had seen the light of day -
Would it not?
- destroy the critical lens that covers my eyes every time I look in the mirror?
- shed me of the desire and longing to look like somebody else?
- fill my heart with thankfulness and wonder?
His works are wonderful!
I am His workmanship!
-b
yes! yes! this is good.
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