Looking in the Mirror-Learning to See
You are hidden with
Christ in God, and God is your life" (Colossians 3:3-4).
When I look in the mirror
in the bathroom, I see the imperfections of me. When I look at my
heart with my own eyes – All I see is my bad choices, stains of
sin, regrets of the past, and dirt.
This last week has been a challenge –
I
went to a counselling appointment and my counselor really challenged
me, We were talking about design and how the world has de-personified
the difference between men and women... Opposed to what it should look like. I said "I am a very
passionate person" and he said Say it ... Give meaning to it
Martha - that which is so hard for you to say. So I said "I am a
very passionate woman" and then I fell apart... I know what it means
to be female "insert here" but I am struggling with what it
means to be a woman to live and love by Gods design.
Not the passionate part, but the part of being a woman... Strangely when I thought of myself as a woman - I didn't think of beauty or intelligence or sensuality, but of weakness...
Not the passionate part, but the part of being a woman... Strangely when I thought of myself as a woman - I didn't think of beauty or intelligence or sensuality, but of weakness...
I
am learning to look at myself and others with the eyes of God. When I
see God and I connect with Him... I see me. Because I am hidden with
Christ in God. I see a beautiful, strong, sensual, smart, resolved,
compassionate, courageous,
adventurous, spontaneous, kind, giving, creative, strong willed, fiercely loyal, beautifully vulnerable, passionate, smart,
sexy, fun, carefree, respectful, hard working, focused, driven,
positive, content, crazy spicy woman.
When
I look in the mirror I realize that my beauty doesn't lie just in
what I look like but in the sum of
who I am - and I am “Hidden with Christ in God...”
Allow Papa, Father God, to be your mirror. He sees you
as you are. Not as you see yourself.
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