Inside Out & Upside Down
Good Morning,
We have been walking around outside looking at the after math of a storm that hit us last night. Thankfully we are all fine, our home is still standing but some of our trees have taken a beating. Our umbrella ended up pretty much in our covered porch which was a sight to see, but all in all no damage was done.
As I looked at our inside out, upside down umbrella sitting at my door I thought back to Monday where I discovered around 5:00pm that I had been walking around all day with my shirt inside out. Yup, rather embarrassing as we had been to the dentist and then to get a wonderfully sweet treat after the dentist..I know not the best timing but it was HOT!
When I realized my top was inside out I tried to recall how that would have happened. I was not especially rushed that day, however after ironing my shirt I don’t remember looking in the mirror.
How many times do we not want to look into the mirror and see the reflection that is staring back at us. Can anyone relate?
I’m not talking about bad hair days, or those days where those pants just are not fitting the way they use too, I’m talking about intentionally avoiding looking at ones self to examine what is going on with our attitudes.
When we were starting at our umbrella out of its intended environment, it dawned on me that the Lord offers us so many opportunities through the storms of life to shake us up and cause us to think about what indeed is inside out, upside down and out of context. He has clearly outlined for us how we are to behave, treat others and respond to challenges in life and yet often times I ignore those instructions and find myself with self inflicted inside up and upside down attitudes.
Thankfully in those moments when the reflection is less then perfect, my God is willing and able to forgive and help me move past that moment. I am learning that avoiding those reflections dishonors my Father in Heaven as He is always waiting, willing and able to untangle the inside out and upside down twists and turns of the choices I make.
Proverbs 20:27 (The Message)
27 God is in charge of human life,
watching and examining us inside and out.
Journey On
June 12th, 2009 at 8:37 am
Great post, Tatum! I fear I don’t look in the mirror enough to examine my attitude. Great reminder.
June 13th, 2009 at 9:52 pm
I find myself going thru most days with having looked in the mirror! And when I do think of it, I don’t usually anticipate liking what I see. I need to remember that I am a work in progress!