The image in the mirror
Self-Image. If we’re honest, a lot of us struggle in this area. I don’t know about you, but I’m not really one to look in the mirror and think “Wow, I look good!” Most days it’s more like “Well, this is as good as it’s going to get.” The mirror shows me the flaws. The ‘less than’ reaches out and catches my eye, demands my attention, and reinforces to me that I’m far from beautiful. But today, I read something that caught my attention in a different way. Psalm 84:1 “How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord Almighty.” And I stopped…and began to think about what that really means. If I have Christ in my heart and life, and if the Holy Spirit indwells me, then I am God’s dwelling place. And if I am God’s dwelling place….that makes me lovely. Lovely. Beloved. Worthy. 1 Corinthians 3:16-17 says “Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your ...