MIRROR, MIRROR

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It's funny. Sometimes you get a prompting you know God's leading.

Yesterday was a day like that. I have the joy of travelling through life with a group of ladies who encourage and support each other. We called ourselves soul sistas when we started about 4 years ago. It was just a motly crew of ladies who God put together to hope and encourage each other. The groups shifted over time but it's purpose hasn't wavered. Now our group has risen up as we've gotten stronger and we're ready to be dangerous for the kingdom and to do battle so we started to call ourselves sword sistas. But the title isn't important. We're just a group of freedom fighters running arm and arm and looking for others we can help up and get back up running on this awesome journey too.

We started a new study yesterday. And as I was preparing I felt this strong prompting that God said.. "It's time to get out the mirrors. It's time to look in the mirror." Stink. Really? I had second guessed it enough to wonder if the ladies would find it corny and rationalized that my stack of Mary Kay mirrors (HAHAH. If you need anything let me know) were packed away behind the furnace. So I put it off.

But nervously in the morning I went in behind the furnace and yanked that box open and grabbed the mirrors without having to dig through all the boxes. I felt successful though still apprehensive.

"So what's with the mirrors?" I openly asked God after reluctantly obeying. I heard him prompt that it was time to look in the mirror. Have the ladies look in them and write what words come to mind.  

"Ok. I will. I promised my obedience. "But why?" I am so glad God lets us ask. I heard James 1:22-24 resonate in my mind. I looked it up. And in a few translations.

It's about hearing God but not acting on his words. It's about being like someone looking in a mirror and walking away and forgetting what they've seen. I THOUGHT I got that verse. I thought it was about seeing your boogies and misplaced hair and doing nothing about it. 

But today I heard it clearer. It's about looking into his word and seeing and hearing who he says you are and walking away and forgetting. About speaking those lies about yourself about being unworthy or inadequate or just plain not good enough EVEN after reading what He has to say about you.

I always thought it was criticism. Like he was saying, " HEY.. you had stuff out of place in your life that looked like a BIG BOOGIE in your nose and you just walked away and did nothing about it."  And you know... there's times like that for sure....BUT

Today I got it in such a new way. God is CRAZY about us. He says He delights in us. And His truth mirror says we've got good ahead and plans to prosper and light to shine and that we are HIS image bearers. And don't walk away and forget it. THAT'S WHO YOU ARE. THAT'S WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE. That friend who's speaking about you behind your back? That family member that criticizes you non-stop? Their mirror is faulty. You gotta look right into HIS truth mirror. You're SO loved.