How many mirrors do you have?
How long do you look at the mirror?
How many times do you look at the mirror?
What are you looking for in the mirror?
After you've thought through those questions, I'm curious to read your responses. Some of you may steer clear of mirrors and others may carry a mirror with them at all times. Most of you probably fall somewhere in the middle. Wherever you fall, just know that a mirror's only accuracy is found when it reflects an object back to you. Everything else you see in the mirror is merely a reflection of your perspective of the objects.
Bottomline: Beauty is not an object so quit trying to look for beauty by looking at the mirror. If you see beauty, it's because you feel beautiful. If not, it's because you're not feeling beautiful. It's not only beauty, you may be looking for confidence or strength. It all comes from within, you can't see it unless you believe it to be there. A mirror is just a mirror.
"He has made everything beautiful in its time." Ecclesiastes 3:11
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Friday, September 10, 2010
Did I Just Look Though All This Girl's Pictures?
Yes, you did. It all starts off as an innocent stroll through your facebook minifeed. Suddenly, you notice a picture of a familiar face, a girl looking prettier than you think she really is. You think "Hold up. I'm supposed to be prettier (or thinner) than she is. Is she really that pretty? That thin? She can't be that photogenic! Did she lose weight? I need to see more pictures; I gotta know" Before you know it, you're frantically clicking 'next' in her photo album and getting overly frustrated when certain pictures take entirely too long to load...
How am I able to describe this scenario so accurately? It's not by personal experience, of course, since we all know that I have absolutely no struggles with my self image :-) I can describe it because it's real. Maybe after you're done looking at all the pictures you let out a sigh of relief because you found enough pictures that let you know that you won the pretty contest, or you decide the other girl's prettier but at least you have more friends than she does. However it ends, you probably feel embarrassed for having wasted that much time putting another person down for your own ego. Sometimes you put down your closest friends.
I'm guessing you don't want to be that girl anymore. I know you want to be the type who constantly builds up others, especially since you know firsthand how hard it is for girls to fully love themselves. I usually end with a verse I feel sums up the main theme of each blog entry. This time, I want you to search God's word (on paper or internet) to discover the appropriate verse that will help you do what it takes so you don't have to resort to putting down others. Then, post it in the comment section so the blog world can also benefit.
We're in this together.
How am I able to describe this scenario so accurately? It's not by personal experience, of course, since we all know that I have absolutely no struggles with my self image :-) I can describe it because it's real. Maybe after you're done looking at all the pictures you let out a sigh of relief because you found enough pictures that let you know that you won the pretty contest, or you decide the other girl's prettier but at least you have more friends than she does. However it ends, you probably feel embarrassed for having wasted that much time putting another person down for your own ego. Sometimes you put down your closest friends.
I'm guessing you don't want to be that girl anymore. I know you want to be the type who constantly builds up others, especially since you know firsthand how hard it is for girls to fully love themselves. I usually end with a verse I feel sums up the main theme of each blog entry. This time, I want you to search God's word (on paper or internet) to discover the appropriate verse that will help you do what it takes so you don't have to resort to putting down others. Then, post it in the comment section so the blog world can also benefit.
We're in this together.
Friday, September 3, 2010
Demolition Poker
Feelings aren't truth. They are perspectives regarding truth. Sometimes, feelings work to your benefit, but when they don't, how possible is it for you to change how you feel? Very possible!
As powerful as you may currently think your feelings are, truth easily trumps it! Have you been elevating your feelings to a higher place of value than the truth? Don't get it twisted, truth trumps feelings 100% of the time. If you were playing cards, a King always wins over a 2, always. No matter how much a lie or emotions tries to talk itself into a win, if you know the Truth, you win and those things become obsolete and lose! 2s don't stand a chance around any face card not to even mention a King. So here's some truth about you ; remember and play this card, and you're sure to win everytime!
Listen, the truth is you're beautiful. You're worthwhile. NOTHING and/or NO ONE can ever add or subtract from that truth. That's God's absolute truth! Don't you just love that? Good, now live it confidently, YOU WIN!
"We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God!" 2 Cor. 10: 5a
As powerful as you may currently think your feelings are, truth easily trumps it! Have you been elevating your feelings to a higher place of value than the truth? Don't get it twisted, truth trumps feelings 100% of the time. If you were playing cards, a King always wins over a 2, always. No matter how much a lie or emotions tries to talk itself into a win, if you know the Truth, you win and those things become obsolete and lose! 2s don't stand a chance around any face card not to even mention a King. So here's some truth about you ; remember and play this card, and you're sure to win everytime!
Listen, the truth is you're beautiful. You're worthwhile. NOTHING and/or NO ONE can ever add or subtract from that truth. That's God's absolute truth! Don't you just love that? Good, now live it confidently, YOU WIN!
"We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God!" 2 Cor. 10: 5a
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