I am so deep

I thought I had a poor self image before.... but look at this thing! I'm hideous! At first I thought this was photo-shopped, but then I realized that this is me through a lens (of some sorts). Beauty is just that: an image interpreted by our brain based on values, messages, and expectations we have internalized. Consider this: We cannot see 'ugly'. Our eyes do not see evaluations, they perceive reflected light and transmit signals electrochemically to our brain, which in turn formulates an image and seeks to categorize it. 'Ugly' is a categorization; a construct that we have created as individuals and as such is relative and contestable. We see ourselves, and life, through an interpretive lens. Our senses only gather information. It is our minds that evaluate, judge, and condemn. Beauty is not skin deep... it is all in our heads! Hold on to this: all lenses, like this one, can be distorted. Our interpretations, our evaluations, and our declarations have no validity unless we can see un-obstructedly. But since sin obscures our vision like the plank in Matthew 7 and Luke 6, we are like blind men. Have faith. Jesus came to heal the blind as well as the lame. Through the gift of the Holy Spirit we will learn to see as our Father sees.