Perfectly Imperfect People

Sometime ago, one of my daughters broke a mirror (I still don't know which one did it, so everyone got in trouble...LOL) and while they did their best sweep job to clean it up, there were those tiny little glass splints scattered around on the floor.  You know, the ones you can barely see but you feel them as soon as you walk through the house barefoot in the middle of the night?

Friends, I want you to go to the mirror of your mind for a moment.  What do you see?  Is the reflection clearly you?  I mean, are there so many cracks in the glass that you can barely recognize yourself because the image is so distorted?  Is the mirror whole or is it broken up into many little pieces?

Throughout my life, even today, I've witnessed so many broken people trying desperately to sweep their "glass splints" under the rug.  Their goal is to never allow others to see their flaws.  But, it never fails, somehow a moment happens when everyone realizes that they missed a spot.  OUCH!! The splint jabs them in the foot and they expose who they really are.

Trying to appear as perfect is too much pressure.  God knows what to do with our brokenness.  He is the good parent who will sweep up the pieces we've left behind.  And for the record, it is impossible to impress Him because He is the one who is perfect.  Although we discussed last week about being beautiful antiques, we are perfectly imperfect.  Remember, "He beautifies the meek with salvation".

So instead of saying, "Mirror, Mirror on the wall, who's the fairest of them all."  Try this little prayer that the Lord gave me today...

Holy Spirit inside of me, search my heart so that I may be
A reflection of what's good and true; surrendered in this life for You.

Humility works...stay blessed!