Below is an excerpt from a daily devotional book that my wonderful friend Margie gave me. The text is called Discovery: Experiencing God’s Word Day by Day and written by a man named David Jeremiah, who also has his own web site that features many of his other periodicals and broadcast ministry ventures. http://www.davidjeremiah.org/site/magazine.aspx
The August 23rd entry on page 256 really spoke to me and
now appears here on my blog, because, my readers, I really wanted you to know and
consider his good words!
Mirror Angst
He who looks into the perfect law of liberty and
continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer…this one will be blessed in what
he does. – James 1:25, from the New King James
version of the Holy Bible.
A fashion retailer recently
commissioned a study of what women thought of their appearance in the mirror.
Researchers found that 90 percent of women in their 40s and 50s are unhappy
with the way they look and suffer from “mid-life mirror angst syndrome.”
According to the report, middle-aged women are four times unhappier than
teenage girls with what they see in the mirror.
Not so fast. For Christians,
time enhances our appearance because the joy of the Lord shines through. As we
age, Scripture tells us we take on the “incorruptible beauty of a gentle and
quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God” (1 Peter 3:4).
But how much better to gaze into
the mirror of God’s Word! James said that the Law is a mirror to show us what
we’re like. Without Christ, all we see are the wrinkles of wickedness and
ghostly pallor of despair. But with Christ, looking into God’s Word doesn’t
bring condemnation or judgment.
Don’t suffer mirror angst.
Study His Word today and see the mirror image of Christ.
“The mirror of the Word not
only examines us and reveals our sins, but it helps to cleanse us as well.” –
Warren W. Wiersbe (Taken from The Wiersbe Bible Commentary: the Complete New
Testament (Colorado Springs: David C. Cook, 2007), 859).
As the Christian’s journey unfolds, the person that he or she grows
into is one as bright as Light who is meant to show Love to their fellow
man and to worship God alone. We were made to love and be loved by the Lord of the
Universe. To say “How wonderful” is quite an understatement! Marvelous
is more like it!
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