You know, when we look at ourselves in the mirror it's very easy to judge what we see by the perception of humanity. After all, we see each other with very human eyes. We see outward features, viewing someone as too fat, too thin, a little short, or very tall. Perceptions of the beautiful and the ordinary are subjective to the beholder.

I learned long ago how futile it is to view ourselves through the eyes of another human being. Father, mother, sister, brother, child, spouse, or friend. Those eyes ... no matter how loving ... are flawed by sin. When we wrap our value or worth in the hands of another human being we are viewing ourselves through a distorted lens. There is only One who sees us perfectly. One who created and knew us before we were born.

You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body
and knit me together in my mother’s womb.
Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex!
Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it.
You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion,
as I was woven together in the dark of the womb.
You saw me before I was born.
Every day of my life was recorded in your book.
Every moment was laid out
before a single day had passed.
—Psalm 139:13-16 (NLT)

There is only One we can completely trust. One who guides and directs us. One who always has our best interest in mind.

God is not a man, that he should lie,
nor a son of man, that he should change his mind.
Does he speak and then not act?
Does he promise and not fulfill?
—Numbers 23:19

There is only One who will always love us, no matter the cost.

For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him.
—John 3:16-17 (NLT)

My husband often speaks of putting on "Jesus glasses" to view the world so we may see the lost, hurting, or forgotten around us and make an effort to love them. What if we were to view each other, father, mother, sister, brother, child, spouse, friend, or even ourselves, through our Father's eyes? How would our words and deeds change if we were actually to do that every day?

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