Flaws and All [Epiphany 2A]
The Rev. Jeremiah Williamson Flaws and All Oh, mirrors. Every day they tempt us with us. We give in and there staring back at us are all our flaws. In the mirror is that one white hair in a sea of brown. There's the solitary blemish surrounded by beautiful clear skin. And that one tooth that doesn't quite fall in line with the others. Amidst such great beauty, God’s own handiwork, we have this tendency to see only the flaws. It's not that they are not there, it's just that the flaws are such a small part of who we are; they not certainly the whole story. They are true, but they are not the truth. Most days I look right past my sparkling green eyes, and see only the bags under them. I miss these full, pink lips, because of the little lines around them – these lines earned by age and stress. It’s all part of the picture but no one detail is the whole truth. There is more to me, and to you, than t...