There's A Stranger In My Mirror!!!

                           
                            THERE'S A STRANGER IN MY MIRROR!!


In this life, we go day to day dealing with ups, downs, and everything that lies  between. At times we can breeze past those parts of life that seem, not so hard to bare, and at other times we are stuck; stuck with the issues of life staring us straight in the face! Have you ever been "stuck" and unable to move? 
This brings to mind my "mirror" experiences. There are times when I can look into my mirror and all I see is, plain ole me! someone who is pretty sure of who she is and what she wants out of life; and at other times, there is a stranger in my mirror, staring back at me. A person with sad eyes, needing direction, needing to believe something different, with little hope, and un-satified with what life has dished out! I am stuck, staring at this stranger, asking myself why she looks so familiar? As I look closer, I begin to recognize this stranger and everything within me begins to sink!......It is the reflection of my past! God not again! I thought I had buried my past; laid my burdens down! Why am I face to face with the pain of my past, yet again!
Have you ever encountered this stranger in your mirror? When all of sudden you are battling with a reflection of a painful past, instead of a vision of a victorious future? 
You will soon find out that this stranger is no stranger to the God that you serve! He is one who comes to kill, steal, and destroy! Destroy what? Well, destroy hope! destroy destiny's! destroy dreams, and most of all your faith! He is the destroyer of 2nd chances and any thoughts of a life that has been redeemed from a shameful past; but, the Word Of God calls him a liar and a deceiver and is about to set the record straight! Let's get that stranger out of your mirror forever!! First of all, we must put on the whole armor of God so that we can stand against the wiles (schemes) of the devil. Schemes that have come to distort your true image! your right image! your justified image! An image that God says has been renewed towards him (colossians 3:10). God is saying, I want you to see what I see in you my child! Take a look through your daddy's eyes! When you look in the mirror, you see failure, but I see greatness!...when you look in the mirror, you see death, but I see life, through me!....when you look in the mirror, you see defeat, but I see victory....you see a coward! but, I see more than a conqueror!! I see someone worth pursuing, someone worth me trading my crown for a cross!..."look again!!" See what I see!! The stranger that you see is a defeated enemy of God, and as of this day will be defeated in your mind, as well as, your mirror!!..."look again!" You are a reflection of me, adopted into royalty!! "look again, you Kings and Queens of greatness!!!" and see what I see...In you!


Scriptures: 
Jeremiah 29:11.."I know the plans that I have for you..."
Romans 8:17..."we are joint heirs with Christ..."
Psalm 119:18..."open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things..."