So I realize I haven't posted in nearly a year and I felt it was time to reignite my passion to write! Yet, again! We will see how long my devotion to an early rising paired with writing will last. Haha At any rate, I just wanted to share a thought I had about self worth as it relates to identity and image. Growing up I was always fairly self confident comparatively speaking, and still I struggled as many women do with dissatisfaction about my appearance. Even only a few years ago I would look in the mirror and see all the flaws - The uneven skin tone, the occasional breakout, the ever growing collection of wrinkles...you can see how this list can be come inexhaustible! I was quickly becoming one of those people who could never be satisfied. I had gotten on the eternal treadmill striving towards perfection. Then I watched a video/message given by Francis Chan's Awe Factor video on God's unlimited creative genius. Then it hit me..."Hey God made me too! AND in His image no less" It filled my heart with love and joy that I was beloved by such an awesome supreme God. In the face of the One who made the stars, the sunsets, the oceans, carefully designing each one and then chose to create human beings in His own image WOW! It gave me a new perspective on my daily mirror habit...GOD does NOT see what I see. He see's his creation, His artwork, His family. Just like I don't see my Grandmother's wrinkles as a flaw...they are what makes her beautiful. Hopefully we all can look in the mirror each day and ask that we see ourselves and each other through the Divine Lens.