Greetings, Dear Ones!
I hope every one had a Happy Sabbath, and that all is well in your world!
I recently had the occasion to gaze upon a set of photographs showing what men, surgeons of high degrees - who "knew" that they could fix with a knife, surgical vacuum and filler and pads, etc., what the Lord through Christ Jesus had created with His own hand - had done to the faces of those who had sought their professional skills to "fix" what "ailed" them, or else ...! You may add your own ending to the previous sentence!
To say that the end result for all those persons seeking perfection for already beauteous faces/features is a dire testament to the price paid for those of us whose hearts are so burdened with the things of this world, that we are willing to destroy ourselves for what is ephemeral. It is so much smoke and mirrors, and it makes me very sad.
There was a time when this type of behavior was displayed by the "rich and famous!" Now this behavior is to be found among the "regular" people.
In Ephesians 2:10 KJV, we see the following:
For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
In Song of Solomon 4:7 ESV, we see the following:
You are altogether beautiful, my love; there is no flaw in you.
Can't we learn to be satisfied with what the Good Lord has done for us, unless it is out of medical necessity?
In the old days, we often heard the elders say: "Beauty fades, but ugly lasts for ever!" and "She/he is handsome/beautiful, but he/she has no mind!" What an indictment!
We are asked to look at people/self in the same manner as our Lord did when He was with the Prophet Samuel as he was doing the Lord's commission to find an earthly king for Israel: " ...[M]an looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks upon the heart." 1 Samuel 16:7 in part, ESV.
What is wrong with many of us is NOT external, it is internal, and only Jesus Christ the Great Physician can fix what ails us.
Dear Ones, let us forget about those things which fade, and look, instead, toward to the Eternal Kingdom and Eternity with our Lord and our God.
Today's offerings are poems - one has its own page, and is entitled God's Workmanship, and one which appears at the bottom of this post is entitled Mirror Therapy.
God does not makes mistakes! He made each and every one of us just right!
Sin caused the problem.
Our God has, and is, the solution!
Enjoy!
BJ
MIRROR THERAPY
The
mirrors in the olden days
Always
replied when queried
“Who’s
the fairest of them all?”
“You
always are, my dearie!”
I
had this mirror on my wall
That’s
now sitting on a shelf
Because
whenever I looked I saw
Someone
not my reflected self!
I
wondered how this was possible,
And
my mirror calmly replied:
“You
don’t like yourself very much
And
it’s reflected outside!”
I
decided to change my image by Design
By
enhancing the Miracle inside me,
The
mirror stands proudly back on the wall
And
my Inner Vision shines back at me! **BJC**
