The Reflection in the Mirror

When you look in the mirror what kind of reflection do you see?  If you were me you would see an unshaven face and pasty white skin courtesy of the pacific northwest's weather pattern.  What are you seeing when you take a second glance?  Come on, you know what I am talking about.  We bring our feelings and emotions from deep inside to develop the real reflection that stares back at us.  What do you see?  Is it beautiful, happy, sad, remorseful, ugly, or maybe it shines bright as the sun that God brings us every morning.

  A reflection in a mirror shows what is apparent and clear.   Reflections mimic an object to show what is, but perceptions differ greatly from person to person according to their comprehension and  understanding.  A perception is an opinion created by you or someone else.  Perception plays a huge role in how we see who we are, and equally how we change things we perceive as imperfections in the mirror.  What imperfections do you see?  As we begin to look to others for our reflection we are blinded and led into all kinds of disillusions.

The word of God is to be the true Christian’s mirror.  That is where we should go to find our true reflection. Only then will we get a clear picture, not one easily distorted by emotion and/or pride.  Instead we look to other sources.   It’s like looking in those curved mirrors at the fair. We see ourselves from a distorted viewpoint.  The Word of God is the only true and reliable source for a Christian to see who they are and what they are to God. It is the perfect law of liberty- of freedom; We will be set free from the false self views when we continue to pray and read God’s word every day. I am done for now and I leave you with the book  James to enlighten with some last words..........
JAMES 1:22-25
²² Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. ²³ Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror ²⁴ and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. ²⁵ But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do.