Awe the illusion

Have you ever daydreamed about you being this much different version of yourself, giving to yourself in your dreams all the qualities that you wish you had but don’t see in reality? Aldous Huxley wrote: If most of us remain ignorant of ourselves ,it is because self-knowledge is painful, and we prefer the pleasures of the illusion. Awe the illusion!! For so many years I lived in this world inside my head that doesn’t exist. In that world I lacked nothing. The people there were great too. The problem in this was that it wasn’t real. All the time I spent inside my false reality, I was missing out on the life I had. When I began my journey as a follower of Jesus Christ, I soon realized that I was going to need to have a deeper look at myself in order to be the person that my Savior intended for me to be. What I saw at first was not good. I was a sinner. A bad one. The illusion was a much better guy but I thought I’d stick it out and see what Jesus could do with a wretch like me. Little by little he chisels away the old sinful parts of me exposing the person that he had always known. Little by little I have started to see that person and he’s not so bad. Also I’ve started to see those around me differently. Instead of being those annoying people that didn’t measure up to my fantasy people, I see them as works of art that Jesus created. We all have things about ourselves that are undesirable that we despise, but wouldn’t it be better to study Gods word, and pray and allow him to chisel those parts away than to live in an illusion and miss all the life he has planned for us? Part of loving God is loving his creation and we are his creation. We must love ourselves and each other and deal with those areas in our lives that are undesirable so that we can enjoy our lives he has gifted us with!
Thank you Jesus for all you do!!

Love y’all. Have a great day!