Another Saturday of endless cleaning, a job I dread, but I know it’s a necessity.  There is one area I loathe to clean more than anything else.  I know what you’re thinking-the toilet-but nope.  I hate to clean mirrors.  Crazy, right?  There is a deep, painful reason that mirror has become one of my greatest enemies. Every day I looked into that mirror, and I saw all my faults and failures.  It became a window into how Satan tormented me with negative thoughts and all my shortcomings.  He was turning all that God took delight in and was making me feel unworthy of His love and redemption.  It was an intense spiritual battle over a simple piece of glass!  As I walked by, I heard things like, “You are unlovable, unredeemable, and forgotten.”  I would try to search the scriptures to arm myself with truths.  Still, when I looked into that mirror at my reflection, those truths disappeared leaving behind lies that wounded my soul.  Every day I fell into the trap laid for me, deeper and deeper until I felt hopeless. Who knew putting mascara on could be so damaging!  The enemy knew, and that’s why he fed me those lies that hung over me like a dark cloud.  

I know that I am not alone in this intense mental battle.  Satan will go after you too!  I know the lies; I know the tactics; but do I know the truth?  How does God really see me?  Not the image of a broken and burdened woman fed lies that defeat her.  No, God sees me so differently!  Gen. 1:27 says I am created in God’s image.  Can I truly comprehend that?  When I look at my own face, somewhere in my reflection is my Creator!  How could I begin to be critical of that?  Romans 5:8 declares a love so deep that Jesus laid down His life to save me!  He fully knew all my sin, yet He still loved me enough to save me despite it. Zephaniah 3:17 announces that God rejoices over me with singing!  My God serenades me with love and joy!  John 1:12 proclaims I am a child loved by the Most High!  Going back to those days of the fairytales and princesses, all little girls dreamed of being the daughter of a king.  Have I let this truth resound in my heart that if I place my faith in the one true God, I am forever a daughter of The King of Kings?   

It gets better as I search for truth.  2 Corinthians 5:21 says that when God, who knew no sin, looks down at me full of sin; if I have asked for the precious blood of Jesus to wash those sins away, God sees the righteousness of Jesus!  God sees the beauty of my Savior stretched over me!  I have been redeemed!  John 10:28-30 states that once I am the Lord’s no one can take me away from Him!  This quells my fear of abandonment. In Psalm 91:4, God protects me. He will shield me. And with that, my fear is vanquished.  Jeremiah 29:11 speaks of my future, the God who created it all had a hopeful plan for me. 

I finished my quest for truth hiding these verses in my heart, but the mirror still stared at me. Taunting me with its lies.  So, I did what any good kindergarten teacher would do- grabbed sticky notes and dry erase markers and went to work.  Now, my mirrors have the same truths of my heart.  When I go to prepare for my day, I literally read what God sees in me….created in His image, loved beyond comprehension, rejoiced over, a daughter of the King of Kings, redeemed, chosen, and planned for!  Gloriously, it diffuses the enemy’s lies. I encourage you to do the same!  Go arm yourself with sticky notes and markers!  Write how God sees you and reflect on His truths!!