Over the past few weeks I have been attending a Life Group with my daughter's called "Redifining Me". It has had an amazing impact on my life as a mother,wife and as a child of God. This week the theme was Mirror Mirror on the wall. When Holly first announced the theme a couple of weeks ago I was HORRIFIED ! My entire life the mirror has been an enemy of mine . As a young girl I dealt with what I was so commonly called 4-eyes.I had this big bushy hair and huge pink and blue glasses. I hated looking in the mirror. I always used to wonder why my Mom always called me beautiful . I thought she just has to say that.There was nothing beautiful about me I thought.So even beginning to figure out what I was going to say when Wednesday finally got here was stressful to think about.
My two favorite fairy Tales have always been SnowWhite and Beauty and the Beast . The ironic thing is they both involve a mirror. Snow White had the ugly step mother who always seen herself as beautiful in the mirror ,which is the opposite of how I feel looking in the mirror. But Belle always seen suffering in the mirror . THAT WAS ME! I can look in the mirror and go way beyond just my appearance .I can see the pain and suffering that have been imbedded inside me for years.
Here is the cool part ! On my way to my to the Life group I began to get flooded with all these feelings that were overwhelming me at first until I started praying . I ask God to help me to slow down my thoughts and put them into perspective because I knew that God was answering my prayers in that moment about how to hanmdle the theme that night. The first word that came to my mind was EMPOWERMENT. I thought WOW thats it. God you have EMPOWERED me to overcome not just my insecurities when I look in the mirror but also you have given me the POWER to use to these insecurities to share with these girls tonight that all those years ago it wasn't just my Mom saying that I was Beautiful but she really meant it just like you do! I am your creation your masterpiece your princess.
Proverbs 31:25" Strength and dignity are her clothing and she smiles at the future."
Those words are not the description of an ugly woman ! This is the desciption of an EMPOWERED woman.
So heres my challenge for myself and others . Next time you look in the mirror SMILE and take a deep breath to allow the strength that GOD has given us to rise up through us and show through our faces and know that you are BEAUTIFUL because GOD made you that way and he wants you to share that with the World . You can be a world changer. He has made us all different for a reason. So that he can impact the world through us all in different ways. Whether its your Smile ,your personality,your gifts to encourage people. Some one out there will be impacted by you because when they see you they see themselves maybe not as confident or secure . maybe just maybe you can be their MIRROR !
Have a Blessed day! Remember BEAUTIFUL God loves you very much!
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