When Reed started traveling for work and I was able to go with him, I knew the Lord had fulfilled my, almost forgotten, childhood dream of travel. With upgrades, of course, he has always given me so much more than I wanted for myself. Growing up, staying at a hotel was based on Dad being too tired to drive any further on our trips to Missouri to see relatives. Always for one night. I hoped someday to stay in a hotel long enough to unpack into the dresser. Considering the low budget hotels we stayed in back then, that probably would not have been a good idea. In hygienic terms, the dresser might have had cooties. I am currently on a three week stay in the Wichita Springhill Suites. Not the fanciest hotel we have stayed in, but still well above my Super 8 expectations.
My main problem with hotel rooms is that they have too many mirrors, and they are positioned to show more of our aging bodies than we usually have to look at. I would pay extra for a one mirror room. This morning as I faced my futile habit of fixing my hair and putting on makeup, the Lord helped me realize he finds this stage of our aging bodies beautiful too. He is not bothered by the bags, sags, spots, and wrinkles. Our bodies are the wrapping paper that loosens as we enjoy God's gift of old age and tears away completely when we open his gift of heaven.
God does not see our bodies the way we do. They are merely the seeds of our resurrected ones. That is why it is only fitting that we plant them in the dirt. What God finds beautiful is faith, acceptance of all that he brings into our lives, and growing in grace to others. If we are walking in the Spirit, those are the things that mature as the wrinkles and age spots multiply. And the only mirror that matters is the one that reveals spiritual beauty--the Word of God.
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