The Awesome Lord of me has been speaking to me about mirrors lately.  He has been giving me insights into how we see ourselves and how that affects our self image, the way we feel and behave.  The mirrors in my house are different.  My favorite mirror is the one on our old dresser.  It slims whomever it sees.  The one on the wall in our room, on the other hand is more accurate and always says “lose it baby!”  We have one mirror upstairs that is very distorted.  It has bothered me from the first day I saw it, but others (the males) didn’t seem to care.  The Lord has put it on my heart to replace it with one that doesn’t distort. 

   I cannot really speak about mirrors without acknowledging the fact that we are also mirrors.  We are supposed to mirror our Creator, but we have distortions which give out a distorted image of Him.  He is so gracious.  Yet we know from His Word that we are His workmanship.  He is the potter and we are the clay.  He is the machinist and we are the machine.  Our job is to present ourselves, in faith, resting upon His altar where He “alters” us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Finisher of our faith, and offering praise with thanksgiving to the only One truly worthy of our praise. 

   While on this subject, I must also remind myself that the offenses of others are offenses to me because they are mirroring back to me a distortion or flaw in myself.  This should automatically direct me back to the Creator, for repairs or alterations on His Altar.  We are to strive to enter His rest, not strive to change ourselves.  Therefore there will be no boasting in His presence because He is the one who did the changing.  But He is such a gracious gentleman that He only works on us when we allow Him.  (However, He loves us so much that He does arrange for things in our lives which help make us long for His involvement in our lives.)  Another thing I have come to know, is that He likes to work on us.  He “likes us” as well as loving us.  So I say, climb up on that altar and rest in Him, while He alters you.

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