A person’s
sense of self-worth is often based on the reactions, positive or negative, of
those around them. So your words and attitudes can literally build them up or
tear them down. Here’s Peter’s story a Royal Air Force pilot.
Peter flew a
Hurricane, which was a fighter with a design flaw: the single-propeller engine
was mounted in the front, and the fuel lines ran past the cockpit. In a direct
hit, the pilot would instantly be engulfed in flames before he could eject. The
consequences were often tragic. Some RAF pilots caught in that inferno would
undergo ten or twenty surgeries to reconstruct their faces.
Peter was
one of those downed pilots whose face was burned beyond recognition. But Peter
had the support of his family and the love of his fiancée. She assured him that
nothing had changed except a few millimetres of skin. Two years later they were
married. Peter said of his wife, ‘She became my mirror. She gave me a new image
of myself. When I look at her, she gives me a warm, loving smile that tells me
I’m okay.’
Your
marriage, and other valued relationships in your life, ought to work that same
way too—even when disfigurement has not occurred. It should be like a mutual
admiration society that builds each other’s self-esteem, and overlooks flaws that
could otherwise be destructive. There’s a biblical word for this kind of
commitment and it’s called unconditional love.
During this
week take some time out to give some almighty H.U.G.S
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