LOOKING IN THE MIRROR
LOOKING IN THE MIRROR WHAT DO YOU SEE?
I SEE A FACE THAT GOD CREATED IN HIS IMAGE STARRING
BACK AT ME
EYES THAT HAVE CRIED SO MANY TEARS OF PAIN OVER
THE PAST OF THINGS I CANNOT CHANGE
A NOSE THAT HAS BREATHE FRESH AIR OF DISPAIR
OVER SOMEONE I LOVED
SOMEONE I KNEW WHO CAME INTO MY
LIFE AND SHATTERED MY DREAMS
WHEN THEY STOLE MY YOUTH
OPENING UP A DOOR TO A DEMON CALLED ABUSE
LOOKING IN THE MIRROR WHAT DO I SEE
A FACE THAT GOD CREATED STARRING BACK AT ME
A MOUTH THAT HAS SPOKEN SO MANY WORDS OF GOOD AND BAD
OF ALL THE THINGS THAT I WISH I SHOULD'VE,
WOULD'VE, COULD'VE HAD
NOW MY HAIR IS TURNING GREY FROM WISDOM THEY SAY
WRINGLES AND LINES IN MY FACE FROM
THE LOSSES OF YESTERDAY
A HEART SO BROKEN WITH THE CARES OF LIFE
OPENING ANOTHER DOOR TO A DEMON CALLED STRIFE
LOOKING IN THE MIRROR WHAT DO I SEE
A FACE THAT GOD CREATED IN HIS IMAGE STARRING BACK AT ME
BUT LET ME TELL YOU ONE DAY I HAD AND ENCOUNTER
THAT CHANGED MY LIFE
I MET A MAN CALLED JESUS CHRIST
WHO CARRIED ALL THE SINS OF THE PAIN I COULD
NO LONGER CARRY WITHIN
THEN HE BROKE GENERATIONAL CURSES OFF MY LIFE
THAT HAD BEEN PASSED DOWN FROM MY MOTHER AND FATHER
TO ME AND NOW I LOOK BACK AND MY CHILDREN'S CHILDREN
ARE FREE
HE REMINDED ME THAT HE HUNG ON A CROSS
SO THAT MY SOUL WOULD NOT BE LOST
THEN HE FILLED ME WITH HIS PRECIOUS HOLY SPIRIT
AND HE GAVE ME POWER TO DEFEAT THAT ENEMY
ANY MOMENT ANY DAY OF ANY HOUR
SO NOW WHEN I LOOK IN THE MIRROR I NO LONGER JUST SEE
A FACE THAT GOD CREATED IN HIS IMAGE STARRING BACK AT ME
I KNOW NOW THAT I WAS FEARFULLY
AND WONDERFULLY MADE IN HIS IMAGE
TO BE ANYTHING IN THIS WORLD THAT I WANT TO BE
BECAUSE GOD TOOK THE TIME AND CREATED ME
A MASTERPIECE !!!!!
BY SHIRLEY TERRELL-STONE