How many of us look in the mirror and struggle to like what we see?

Not just physically—but spiritually. Emotionally. Internally.

In this episode of The Wilderness Devotional, we sit in the uncomfortable reality that many of us spend our lives chasing a version of ourselves that doesn’t even exist. The false self. The idealized projection. The curated persona we show the world while hiding the mess underneath.

We look at a heartbreaking story of a man who was so desperate to become someone else, he physically altered his body to mimic a celebrity—eventually damaging himself in the process. But the truth is… a lot of us do the same thing. Just in quieter ways.

We fill ourselves with things that promise identity but deliver emptiness.We break ourselves trying to become lovable.We leak… because we’ve been patched up with the wrong things.

But Jesus?

Jesus rebuilds.Jesus restores.Jesus makes the broken beautiful again.

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