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Adjust Your Mirror

I like how we say we love ourselves then we snip and tuck and poke and pinch and nip and sow and glue and suck and inject everything and the kitchen sink onto or into or out of ourselves to make us a better us. But how do we measure better? When we measure ourselves against what the world deems beautiful or acceptable we will always fall short.

I know I definitely do. My hair isn't always done, my outfits aren't always fly. I'm skinny but I can't say that my body looks like Naomi Campbell's or Eva Pigford's. My skin ain't flawless, my thighs jiggle and sometimes I thoroughly enjoy just being bummy and not caring a lick.

I was always unhappy with the way I looked cuz I never measured up until...

I looked at myself through a new lens. Through the lens of  my Creator. I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Created loving and planned for by the same man who fashioned the stars and carved out the oceans. I am important and I matter because I am important and matter to God.

So I ain't nip, tucking, squeezing nothing. Lol. So wat some things I'd rather didn't jiggle, jiggle. God made me who I am and if when He looks at me He gives a stamp of approval then it is all GOOD.

But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The LORD does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart."
1 Samuel 16:7


I am more content with who I am now then I ever was when I was younger because I know who I belong to. Yeah I still have days where I look at myself and twist up my face, lol, but... (cue organist)

when I think about Jesus and what He's done for me, when I about Jesus and how he set me free... 

I wouldn't trade me for anything because He gave up everything just so that I could have life. Thats how special I am. Thats how special we all are. 

So adjust your mirror.
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