The Mirror: A Rumination on Identity and Divine Adoption

Consider a mirror. Plain. Familiar. Waiting on the wall or tucked behind a door. Most days, you pass by without thinking. But today—stop. Really stop. Stand still. Look.

What do you see? A face you know too well. Eyes that carry weariness. A smile shaped by stories, joys, and quiet hurts.

But is that really who you are?

Scripture whispers, “Now we see in a mirror dimly…” (1 Corinthians 13:12).The mirror shows your form, but not your essence. It reflects angles, not identity. It reveals the outside — never the eternal.

So look again. Not with your eyes, but with your heart.

“See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God — and so we are.” (1 John 3:1)

The mirror tells you how you appear. God tells you who you are. The world measures image. The Father speaks love.

What the mirror shows will pass. What He has spoken over you? That will never fade, never break, never be undone.

Let those words settle inside you: “And so we are.”

Not one day. Not when you improve. Not if you earn it. Now. Already. By grace. This moment.

You’re not just welcomed — you are named. Not just accepted — you are beloved. You belong.

A child. A co-heir. A soul worth the very life of the Son of God.

Even the best mirror distorts — flips the image, exaggerates the flaws, flattens the beauty.

But the Word? The Word reveals. It tells you the truth: “You are not your own… you were bought with a price.”  (1 Corinthians 6:19–20). That is the measure of your worth.

So what if you lived today like that were true? What if your thoughts, your posture, your words flowed — not from fear or insecurity — but from an unshakable identity? What if the question was no longer “How do I look?” but “Whose am I?”

Pause. Look again.

Behind your reflection stands a Father who has loved you since the beginning. Beside you is the Son, calling you brother, sister — with no shame. Within you, the Spirit whispers, “You are Mine.”

You are not what the mirror says. You are who He says. And He says: “Child”.

So pause here. Let that name hold you. And when you pray, ask for the grace to live as one already known.

Already loved. Already His.

Now.

Forever.