Beautiful Reflection

Beautiful Reflection

Like medusa I look in the mirror
I look, peer out of fear
what if I’m not pretty
enough?
Am I skinny
enough?
Are my eyes too big?
Hair isn’t straight…
what about my height?
I know I’m tall
my body isn’t right

Man, I could stare at that mirror
medusa would turn me into stone
for hours I could sit alone
staring and tearing
myself apart

Hair clothes knees and toes knees and toes…
these are things I should change
according to the media
there’s a certain set of criteria
a “pretty girl” should meet
often portrayed as a piece of meat
open up a magazine
turn on the TV
subtle pressures there
you would not believe
Well, Hollywood- I’m no size two
Can’t even fit into a size 6 shoe
according to you,
am I ugly?
according to you,
I must not be pretty
enough.

See you judge me
your pressures, they bludgeon me

the one who is imperial
He spoke me into life
and it was lyrical
with sweet breath
he made me in His image
hand painted this visage

the only time He’ll judge
at the foot of His throne
is on the day He’ll say he loves me,
Good and faithful one

I’m not going to stop caring
about what I’m wearing
Fine to be a fashion-ista
as long as it doesn’t beat ya
It becomes a problem when
that takes first place
when you try and photoshop
your face, your waist

God made you something
beautiful, each one not the ‘usual’
so why are we trying to fit
into a mold that’s labeled typical

You daughter of Zion,
of Jerusalem,
Jesus spoke to the lot of them
The son of the one
who dances in joy over you
takes delight in you says,
“You will have troubles in this world,
but take heart, I have overcome the world”
So who are you who should
pick apart the beauty of this world
which is
you
You beautiful creature,
who God created fearfully
yet you fearfully look into a mirror
while seeing the image of Him
Heed the images in that mirror
see past the things that make you fear

Take the boldness of Ruth
and wipe away the wrongful truth

Take the confidence of Ester
stop worrying about the things in the mirror that pester

Take the conviction of Rebekah
angels will sing of your beauty, a-capella

Take the devotion of Hannah
don’t doubt you’re as precious as the heaven sent manna

Use these monumental abilities
to embrace your unique qualities
see past what earthly men may judge
and seek the love of the Highest Judge.

So you, you there looking back at me in the mirror
You beloved jewel on the crown of the King
take what I say and hear
that God loves you beyond all years
Your beauty is not just on the outside
but infused from the inside
See your beautiful reflection
that mirrors not your faults,
but God’s eternal affection.