FUN MIRRORS

In this season I am experiencing right now, of trying to BREATHE and BE, I find myself thinking of the most unexpected, random thoughts. For instance, the other day my mind went to how I enjoyed "fun mirrors" when we would visit the county fairs. Well, I really enjoyed the mirror that made me look thin and lean; not so much the one that made me look heavy and wide! Standing in front of those mirrors and turning every which way would really bring out the giggles in me. What grinned back at me in those mirrors was a girl half her weight and everyone knows for most of us females, that is not a bad thing.

Just a couple of days after thinking about the fun mirrors, I was driving over to watch my darlings and a song by JJ Weeks Band came over the radio. The chorus goes as follows:

Let them see You in me,

Let them hear You when I speak,

Let them feel You when I sing,

Let them see You in me!

Wouldn't it be wonderful if there was a mirror that we could look into and Jesus would be looking back at us!!? Wait a minute...There is something like that...there is me, there is you. Each and every one of us have the ability to stand in front of someone else and be a reflection of Jesus!!   

Each and every one of us are special, blessed, created in the image of God himself for His purpose here on earth. Genesis 1:27.."God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created male and female." 2 Corinthians 5:20.."We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us."

When someone else looks at us, our actions should reveal our Creator... Ephesians 4:24..."and put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of truth."  Every moment of our day we have opportunities to bring the image of Christ to others...love, truth, righteousness, patience, kindness.  How often does the "fun mirror" in your life have Christ smiling back at you?  Maybe the reflection that you see is rude or impatient, unkind, or self absorbed? If that is what you are seeing in the reflection then that is also what everyone else is seeing.

Let's just look at those few lines one more time..."Let the see You in me, Let them hear You when I speak, Let them feel You when I sing, Let them see YOU in me!" YES, YES, YES! Please Jesus, let others see YOU in me!!

, “According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death. For me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. Philippians 1:20–21