The Mirror
By Heather Ledeboer | Category: Surprize Me!
(Note: I wrote this about 3 1/2 years ago but stumbled upon it again recently and feel it still applies as much today as it did then).
I had a strange thing happen to me the other day. I was in my bathroom, getting ready to go to town. I took one last look in the mirror before walking out. As I walked into the hallway, I noticed my slippers had been left in my husband’s bathroom from the evening before. As I went in to pick them up, I glanced in the mirror. Funny thing was, as I looked into his mirror my reflection seemed to look better than it had in my mirror. Thinking that strange I went back into my bathroom to see—and yes I definitely looked worse in my mirror! It made me start to think about different department stores that I have been in from time to time. I have had the same experience there—certain mirrors seemed to reflect a better looking me than others. Perhaps it is the lighting or the actual mirror itself because I refuse to believe that it is just in my head. But in actuality, regardless of the reason, my reflection stays largely similar—it’s always me!
I get a different perspective when I look at my son, Hunter. In him I see slight variations of my husband–his mouth, his hairline, his charming personality. I can even start to see a glimpse or two of me. I take a lot of pride in my son. Even though he is not able to do that much, he causes an awful lot of love to pour out of my heart. I love that he is a reflection of Trent and I.
Which brings me back to the mirror. What I see when I look in the mirror is probably quite different from what God sees when he looks at me. And although Hunter is a reflection of his father and I, we are all reflections of our father—our Heavenly father. What I need to ask myself is, how accurate of a reflection am I? Do people look at me and say “Oh, God looked a little better in her yesterday?” or do they say; “Now that is what Jesus must look like.”
This is the challenge we all face as parents; to mirror God to our children so that they will look more like him every day. We were after all created in His image—shouldn’t’t we reflect that?
God must have known that I needed to read this today. I am feeling lousy and this has not only made me smile but helped me to put things back into perspective!
Thanks!
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That is awesome Susannah, thank you for your post.
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Oh, beautiful Heather!!! So true.
Steph
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Thank you Steph:)
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