Psalm 139:13-14 (NLT) 13 You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb. 14 Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it.
We allow too much of this world’s negativity to become our life and truth. Truths, that we live by day to day and sell ourselves short because of it. We think of ourselves as not as pretty as this person or not as smart as that person. “I’m not special” and “I have nothing to offer this world” and even “I’m not loveable or favored by God”. Because of the lack of inner strength, or better put our lack of really seeing ourselves the way God does, we settle and accept the harsh lies the world feeds us about who and what we really are. Sadly, it all starts when we’re young and stays with us as we grow older.
We may have a group of friends we hang with and because of the way the world views beauty, they may be told how pretty they are and you may not have heard those same words towards you. Maybe you grew up in a home with a sibling that may bring home better grades than you and your parents are constantly praising them for how wonderful they are and you don’t hear those same encouraging things said to you. Or…Possible you’ve been raised in an abusive home or in an abusive relationship and you think this is how love is shown or this is what you deserve.
ALL of these are LIES from the enemy to keep you from seeing the beauty that God not only sees, but created when he formed you. These lies will cause us to become stagnant, crumble within and even cause hurt or harm to ourselves intentionally. I can’t even begin to tell you how important it is that we all see and love ourselves for whom and what God created us to be. Trust me I have had, and sometimes still do, my share of insecurities and I know how hard it can be to see past what has grown inside me to be my “truth”. It’s because of that, I have such a strong passion for wanting our young to know God and who they really are in Him.
A little while ago I saw something on the internet that really stuck with me; it was a framed mirror with some scripture and inspirational words written on them. Words like beautiful, smart, favored and a child of God. I thought to myself WOW… that is absolutely beautiful! I remember thinking that every time that person looks in that mirror they are seeing all those beautiful words describing who they are in Christ; that surely if you wake up each morning and say these words out loud to yourself while looking in the mirror…they would begin to be written as truths on your heart. What a powerful impact this could have on our lives.
So I’ve found some framed mirrors and decided to create some of these beautiful and uplifting inspirations myself; with, of course, the help of my daughter the artist. We’ve created five so far and I am so happy with the way they turned out, I call them ‘I AM mirrors’. I’ve been in prayer as to who we can give them to as gifts, but a deeper prayer is that we can find a place to buy the mirrors in bulk and make many more of them and share them with the teens of our church.
From the hairs on the top of your head to the soles of your feet; from your inner most parts to the outside of your skin…God created it all. He knew exactly what He was doing and He did it on purpose and with a purpose. He created your mind, your heart, your appearance…all of you… with you specifically in mind. You have a place in His Kingdom and through you He can do great things and touch other people’s lives. You can be used by Him to help others to see the best in themselves and want to live a life for Christ too. Your unique beauty, both inside and out is yours and yours alone…special and set apart!
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