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Internet References: Singles in the Church: Is There Seating For One In The Church?	*RELIGION:* The Rev Says... *Mirror, Mirror, On My Wall* by Reverend Lance Robbins Remembering back to my daughter's pre-teen years, I recall reading to her the story of Snow White. Let me remind you of that story and explain why I believe it has a message for us today. Day after day, Snow White's evil stepmother stopped before her magic mirror and asked, "Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?" Every morning the mirror concurred that she was the most beautiful in the kingdom. Then one fateful day, the stepmother got a terrible surprise. The mirror replied that Snow White now had become the most beautiful in the land. The evil stepmother had become second best. I don't know about you, but not many of us feel like rushing to the mirror every morning. When I take a good, long look, I'm often not very fond of what I see. And yet, like the evil stepmother, we are almost drawn to mirrors to find out what they will tell us. Perhaps we all have mirrors that speak to us. In his book, Mirror, Mirror On The Wall, Ken Hemphill reminds us that most of our mirrors are far from flattering. We hear a thousand judging voices going back to our early years telling us that we are fat, frumpy failures. I suspect that most hear voices saying, "You can't do that. Who would love you? You are not really worthy!" Much of what Jesus said and did during His ministry was to heal. Some of the healings were physical, but often they were spiritual. He healed the interior life, the inner demons that force us to say and do things we would rather not do. We need to to remember that God's hope and God's love for us can polish mirrors so that we see ourselves as God see us. We must break contact with the mirrors that keep repeating those old lies. Healing can occur when we see the beauty that God sees in us. Let's listen to God instead of those lying mirrors. Let us take a moment to realize that in Christ, we are a "new creation." God comes to us to re-silver, polish, and fix up our mirrors. As I write these few lines, I am reminded of the "delete" key on my computer. That's what God's healing does for our lives. It wipes out all the years of distorted and disturbed images of ourselves. The next time you look at your own mirror, I hope you will see the loved, gifted, worthy person you are. Thanks be to God! Peace, Fr. Lance Robbins View more of The Rev's Pearls for Singles The Reverend Lance Robbins is Rector for the growing flock at The Episcopal Church of The Good Shepherd, and a leader of SAM's Lambs a Single Adult Ministry, 1130 Webster Rd., Webster NY 14580. (585) 872-2281.

Singles
The Magazine for Today's Single

Internet References:

Singles in the Church: Is There Seating For One In The Church?

RELIGION:

The Rev Says...
Mirror, Mirror, On My Wall

by Reverend Lance Robbins

Remembering back to my daughter's pre-teen years, I recall reading to her the story of Snow White.

Let me remind you of that story and explain why I believe it has a message for us today. Day after day, Snow White's evil stepmother stopped before her magic mirror and asked, "Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?" Every morning the mirror concurred that she was the most beautiful in the kingdom.

Then one fateful day, the stepmother got a terrible surprise. The mirror replied that Snow White now had become the most beautiful in the land. The evil stepmother had become second best.

I don't know about you, but not many of us feel like rushing to the mirror every morning. When I take a good, long look, I'm often not very fond of what I see. And yet, like the evil stepmother, we are almost drawn to mirrors to find out what they will tell us.

Perhaps we all have mirrors that speak to us. In his book, Mirror, Mirror On The Wall, Ken Hemphill reminds us that most of our mirrors are far from flattering. We hear a thousand judging voices going back to our early years telling us that we are fat, frumpy failures. I suspect that most hear voices saying, "You can't do that. Who would love you? You are not really worthy!"

Much of what Jesus said and did during His ministry was to heal. Some of the healings were physical, but often they were spiritual. He healed the interior life, the inner demons that force us to say and do things we would rather not do. We need to to remember that God's hope and God's love for us can polish mirrors so that we see ourselves as God see us. We must break contact with the mirrors that keep repeating those old lies.

Healing can occur when we see the beauty that God sees in us. Let's listen to God instead of those lying mirrors. Let us take a moment to realize that in Christ, we are a "new creation." God comes to us to re-silver, polish, and fix up our mirrors.

As I write these few lines, I am reminded of the "delete" key on my computer. That's what God's healing does for our lives. It wipes out all the years of distorted and disturbed images of ourselves.

The next time you look at your own mirror, I hope you will see the loved, gifted, worthy person you are. Thanks be to God!

Peace,

Fr. Lance Robbins
View more of The Rev's Pearls for Singles

The Reverend Lance Robbins is Rector for the growing flock at The Episcopal Church of The Good Shepherd, and a leader of SAM's Lambs a Single Adult Ministry, 1130 Webster Rd., Webster NY 14580. (585) 872-2281.