Distorted Images

Distorted mirrors gives distorted images.

Remember the traveling carnivals. They invariably have a “Fun House” filled with all these warped mirrors. When we’d look into them we’d see a distorted image of ourselves. For some our heads were too big. Okay, for some that may not be a distortion. But other mirrors would show us in all these weird ways.

Growing up there were people in our lives that acted like these mirrors, and we accepted whatever they said as truth, that is, we accepted their image of who we are and not how God sees us.

These mirrors are what others have spoken into our lives. They may be parents, teachers, peers, or even friends. They said we’re stupid, we’ll never amount to anything, or we’re no good. They say we’re fat, ugly, or weird. They call us geeks, fatso, pencil neck, or loser. These are all distorted images.

The problem is that we still have all this data stored inside our minds and hearts, and we’re acting out what they’ve said. We’re conducting our lives on all the wrong information.

Today, I want to look at the true mirror, and that is how God views us and what He says about us, and then we’ll see God and ourselves in a whole new light, a light that will penetrate the darkness and allow ourselves to be healed.

To facilitate this, there are several truths that we need to grasp, because when we do, they’ll radically change our lives, especially as we begin to act upon them. They will help free us from some of those old wounds that have not only been holding us back, but holding up the life we were meant to live.

Several of these truths are that we’re acceptable to God. While others may reject us, God never does. Next is that we’re valuable to God, not only because we are His children, but the price He had to pay for us to be His.