reflections

Ever looked in the mirror and taken a second look, surprised at the face that stares back at you? I've been doing that quite a bit lately - gazing at myself in the mirror and doing a double take!!! No, it isn't necessarily because I am startled by my beauty (although I do possess that!) Nor is it the fact that I look fit (although I do!) And it isn't because my hair is long and needs a cut. No it has something to do with what is reflected back, something in the way of the eyes, the way the head tilts, something from within.

Maybe it is because I am no longer a "girl" but rather a "woman." I think a part of me had thought that progression from girlhood to womanhood would coincide with marriage, and that it isn't until marriage that you really look "grown up" but I think it has something to do with embracing who you are, who you are in Christ.

When you do that you start to see reflected back at you glimpses of who Christ is, and how HE has shaped your life, and the choices that you've made to let Him lead and the choices you've made to walk your own path. I think when you start to recognize this dynamic, you begin to see reflected back a wholeness that wasn't always evident because it was hidden beneath a mass of things that had been used to fill you and deceive into thinking you were whole.

This isn't too say that the reflection is always one of beauty; but when you start to be honest with yourself and who you are in Christ, you start to see reflected back not only the light of Christ, but also the areas of your life where darkness still roams.

Reflections are a powerful thing when you look beyond the facade.