What do you see? An old woman? A young woman? It’s all in how you look at it. How then, are we, in a similar way, choosing to look at our bodies and our lives? Do we see beauty, value and potential? Or do we see ugliness, worthlessness and a pointless existence? We can choose.
“I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live.”
Deuteronomy 30:19
“When I was a child, I spake as a child,
I understood as a child, I thought as a child:
but when I became a man, I put away
childish things. For now we see through a
glass, darkly; but then face to face: now
I know in part; but then shall I know even
as also I am known.”
1 Corinthians 13:11
“Since you were precious in my sight… I have loved you…”
—Isaiah 43:4
“I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made…”
—Psalm 139:14
“I have chosen you and have not cast you away.”
Isaiah 41:9
“…being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.”
—Philippians 1:6
“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.”
—Jeremiah 29:11
Let’s take some different looks at ourselves. We may feel we are one way, but why limit ourselves to that, especially if it’s harmful? Why not look at ourselves from God’s perspective. Yes, it’s a “brain teaser” to do so, but, like this puzzle picture here, we’re so, so much more than what we see and fell; God has more for each one of us than just our present situation, perception and condition. Let’s all find out what our potential can be!
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