Mirror Image

Have you ever looked at yourself in the mirror and said "How could God possibly have made me look like this?" Personally I have realized how much I question that. There have been people in my life that have told me that I look ugly and stupid. These words have been etched in my mind so every time I look in a mirror I see what they said I was.

I have talked to many other people who say that others pick on them and criticize them for their looks. I know that many people look at someone else and say "I wish I could look like them." These are thoughts that will destroy you. If you think that you will end up wasting time trying to be like them and you will never get there. I know from personal experience that it doesn't work at all. You end up losing yourself trying to be more like everyone else.

If there is one thing I know for a fact is that God made you to look like, well, you. There is no other person on earth that is like you. Isn't that incredible? That you are the only you in the ENTIRE WORLD! Now tell me you don't feel better already. There are things about you that no one else has. You are special just the way you are so why would you want to lose that special gift God has given you?

There is a whole other aspect in why you would want to look like someone else or just "better". I know that there are a lot of people who go out of their way to make people like them. Mostly they change their appearance to make people like them more. I used to be one of these people. I tried many things to get rid of my acne (which at the time I felt like I was the only one with it, making it a curse or something). I tried making my hair look more stylish and dressed in "cooler" looking clothes. These things, in my mind, would change the way people think of me. I thought that if I looked good people would start liking me. Well to tell you the truth they did. I am not going to lie to you and tell you that it won't help you. However, the one thing I will tell you is that if they like you because of your looks, then are they really your friends? They only like you because of your appearance and not because of your personality. One quote that I like is "Those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind." This quote says it perfectly. Those who care about the way you look like shouldn't matter because it is the personality that gets you friends. Those who don't care about your appearance are the ones that should matter because they can see beyond flesh and see your heart.

So the 5 points of your appearance are:
1. God made you the way you are.
2. The people who bring you down because of how you look are only insecure about themselves.
3. There is only one of you and you are made special.
4. People that mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.
5. If you try to look like everyone else you will lose yourself and only hurting yourself more.

The next time you look into a mirror and say that you are ugly, think again. You are beautiful and handsome just the way you are. And guess what God loves the way and so do a lot of other people.