With Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day all behind us, most
people look forward to the future with new resolutions. Many of these
resolutions go something like this: “This year I’m going to lose so many
pounds.” This is the time of year that everyone dreads looking into the
mirror, knowing that spring and summer are fast approaching . “How am I
ever going to fit into a swim suit when I’ve gain so much weight?” they cry.
But somehow they do lose the weight. Yet when it’s time to buy a swim suit,
go to a store’s dressing room and you’ll hear things like, “I’m so fat!” , “My
hips are too big!”, “I hate my cottage cheese thighs!”, and the list of
complaints go on. Some of these complaints are ridiculous especially when
coming from a young lady whose 5’7” weighs 100 lbs. and is almost toothpick
thin sighing, “I’m so fat! I hate myself!”. Do you hear anorexia crying out? I do!
Yet, in everyone there is a side of us that hates part of or all of what we look like. We are looking
in the wrong mirror. Years ago when I was ill, my weight went up to almost 200 lbs., and that’s a
lot on a 5’3” frame! But when my husband looked at me and told me I was beautiful, he meant it. I
looked in the mirror and cried but when I looked into my husband’s eyes, I felt beautiful.
Everyone has faults but it’s time to look into a different mirror. Have you ever thought about how
you look to God? He carefully and loving created you. To Him you are special, one of a kind and
beautiful. Look in His Word and see what He says about you alone. He says, “Before the
beginning of time, I knew you. You are My pearl of great price, the one for whom I gave
everything. I love you even in the face of your failure. Nothing you say or do can cause Me to
stop loving you. When I see every part of who you are, I marvel at the work of My hands, for I was
there in the womb with you knitting every part of you together. You are exactly how I imagined
you would be. You are beautiful and I take pleasure in you---heart, mind and body. You are NOT
an afterthought! You are NOT a nobody!” Do you see how special and beautiful you are to God?
Stop looking in the mirror with eyes of disapproval and start looking into the eyes of Jesus, the
One Who created you and calls you beautiful. If you are unhappy with the way you look, then you
are looking in the wrong mirror because God is crazy about you! (an idiomatic expression).
| THE WRONG MIRROR BY JULIE ANNE HOOD |
| NOTE: Crazy about you means in love with you or amazingly in love with you. It is an idiomatic expression used by an author here. God is divine and will never make any wrong doing due to insanity, but loves us unconditionally. We avoid any confusion, misunderstanding or misinterpretation here. Please, read the reference below. An Idiomatic Expression is a colorful phrase commonly used in the English language with a less than obvious meanings. These expressions are typically the area that confounds foreign people the most when they try to learn the english language. Reference: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/crazy and www.impactlab.com |
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