Are we evil queens?

“Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all?”

Most of us have seen the Disney classic, “Snow White.” We’re familiar with the exquisite beauty of the title character. We see how this beauty consumes the story’s villain, Snow White’s stepmother, the evil queen. She repeatedly goes to her magic mirror, asking this same question, wanting the answer to be her. When it’s not, well, we have a big problem here. The evil queen’s solution? Kill Snow White, of course!

“For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
James 3:16

Ah, envy and jealousy! Delightful creatures aren’t they? It’s incredible how ugly and out of hand they can become. Snow White started me thinking, Are we evil queens when it comes to another’s beauty? We probably don’t take it to the extreme of murder, but how many of us ask our mirrors to validate and reassure our identities? How many of us want to be “the fairest one of them all?” C’mon now, be honest.

Competition can turn us into something ugly in no time flat. We may be pretty on the outside, but our heart, consumed by envy and jealousy, will not be very attractive.

“As water reflects a face, so a man's heart reflects the man.”
Proverbs 27:19

So what if so and so is beautiful? It does not cancel our beauty and worth. Why do others need to be “less than,” in order for us to feel worthwhile?
Let’s peacefully coexist with beauty, from every direction, rather than compete with it- or kill it via slander, pettiness and gossip. Both beauty and ugliness start from the heart. Do a heart check, then, today. Let’s stop asking, “Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all?”

Let’s answer, instead: We ALL are, as is!