Have you looked in the mirror lately?

What do I see?

Am I a reflection of the world, or of what God desires me to be? 

"Examine me, O Lord, and prove me, try my reins and my heart."  
Psalm 26:2
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Take away the makeup and the mascara, remove the jewelry and what do you see? 
Is it the reflection that you desire looking back at you?
Are you satisfied with the physical person looking back at you? 
The outward appearance may be important to the world around us, but to God, it is the inward beauty that He sees. 
As women of faith... we need to understand that it is what we reflect in
​ "God's mirror,"  not our own, that is most important in this life. 

Psalm  139:23-24

"I called out, 'Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me, and know my thoughts.
 See if there be any wicked way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting." 

As we look at our reflection,
we see the physical, 
but God looks beyond this reflection.

He first looks upon the heart and mind. 
He sees our attitude and our motives. 
He knows our thoughts and true desires. 
He desires for us to reflect Christ. 

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How can we reflect Christ in our life? 
We can only do this by drawing close to Him through His Word.  By hiding HIS Word in our own heart and mind daily we come to reflect what we believe and absorb.
So instead of picking up the mirror and looking at your reflection, pick up His Word and spend time filling your heart and mind...then take a good look at yourself.  
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We apply skin and hair care products and take daily supplements to improve our physical appearance, imagine if we applied His Word to our mind and heart daily, what a transformation it can make! 

Ask the Holy Spirit to help you to "see"  how to be the woman HE desires.  
​Ask before you read and pray for wisdom and understanding...
to "show" you through His Word how to be His woman of faith.  

Let us examine ourselves...
1. Am I growing as a Christian woman? 
2. Am I spending time each day reading my Bible?
3. Do I pray for myself, family and others? 
4. Do I strengthen myself by surrounding myself with like-minded women?
5. Have I found a church family to encourage my growth and encourage me? 
6. Am I trying to share my faith with others who need to come to know Christ? 
7. Do I give priority to my husband and family before I pursue interests of my own? 
8. Do I look for the opportunity to reach out to women that are hurting? 

When we are His...there is "real" change in our life. 
Jesus will become a "real" part of your life. 
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• You will have a "real" desire to know Him and the time your spend in prayer and in His Word will be a fellowship that is so sweet!  
• You will see things in His Word that you have read before, but now are made so much clearer as your heart and mind is opened by the Holy Spirit. 
• You will have a sincere desire for holiness, to be an honorable and moral woman.   The devil and the darkness in this world will be very real to you and you will trust and rely on Christ to enable you to  overcome.  As the world tries to draw you into it's way of thinking you will find strength through Christ. 
• You will now understand that Christ is now in control of your life.  All is in His hands.   Without Christ, you can do nothing for Him.
• You will have a desire to talk to others about Jesus Christ.   None of us can "talk others into believing and being saved,"   only the Holy Spirit can do.  But you will desire to share Christ.  

There have been times when I had NO courage at all. 
And then as I reflect on those times, I KNEW God spoke through me, 
for I never would have had enough courage or the words to speak at all. 

I pray you will trust God and allow Him to use you in
some VERY special ways!