What does deface even mean???
Without using a dictionary, deface means make without a face. Unrecognizable…don’t know who the person is or don’t know what something is…to destroy, change, make the look of something so that it does not reflect it’s original intent.
God is the one who made us. He gave us our ‘face’, our looks, our body, our purpose, our tastes, likes, dislikes, loves and hates. He is a God of order, beauty and purpose. So how is something defaced?
Let’s narrow it down.
First, God gave you property. He gave you you!
We deface ourselves by:
- Not respecting who we are
- Not liking who we are
- Talking bad about ourselves
- Not taking care of our bodies
- Not keeping our minds clean
- Trying to be something we’re not
- Conforming to what we think would please others
- Becoming who we don’t want to be – because we want to be liked or fit in…
Could we see these acts of ‘defacement’ on the property given to us, as an attack upon God who made us? … An attempt to destroy the beauty and purpose of God in us?
We become defaced so we don’t even recognize ourselves and neither do others.
(and when this happens it’s very easy for other people to try to tell us who we are)
Let’s wash our face. Take a good look at ourselves and where we’re headed…do a little course-redirect if needed and move forward.
Mrs. Goodfinder 