Earlier today, I along with the members of the leadership team of my church went for a photo shoot for our church's website. It's amazing how even amongst family how smiling for the camera, can prove to be fun as well as make one very self-conscious.
I see my niece and nephews smile at once, at the sight of a camera, and recall being just as much of a ham as they were at that age, and then somehow... something happened and my confidence not as apparent. Blushing, when told to give a wry smile, or a serious look, and finding myself doing a terrible job at holding back the laughter.
We are born with such a great confidence knowing not that there is another option. Due to words we've heard, things that have occurred, or images we see, we are led to compare ourselves to one another and begin to believe we are not good enough or less than what we should be. It is insecurity that yields us to have difficulty at times to do something as simple as smile.
At the garden, Adam and Eve had it all, and were essentially perfect; they knew nothing else than that which the Lord shared with them. Then came that day, when the sly serpent would come and twist the truth just enough to cause them to wonder, if maybe God was holding out on something great. He also caused them, to want something, that they already had, to be in the image and likeness of God. The serpent, planted those seeds of insecurity and inferiority, which led Adam & Eve to sin, and well the rest is history...
I want to remind you that you were indeed made in the Image & Likeness of All-mighty God and that though, Adam & Eve's actions, did cause a separation from God, Jesus' redeemed & restored us unto Him. We once more can walk in the fullness that He made us to be. You are beautiful! You are his marvelous creation! So great is the love that the Father has for you that He sent Jesus, His one & only son. He sent him, so you can recognize who you are... His, so Smile!
be blessed & a blessing,
Minda
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