Mirror, Mirror, Art Thou Blessed?- Part One

"Now we see in a glass darkly"- 1 Corinthians 13:12. We're sure that you're all familiar with Walt Disney's "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", but do you remember the scene wher the wicked queen glances into the magic mirror saying, "Mirror, Mirror, on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?" She fully expected that mirror to say that "she" was the fairest one of all yet she was in for a big surprise.

Have you ever questioned the value of a mirror? It is my guide as I shave every morning and we also use it to comb our hairm but have you ever taken a spiritual view of yourself in a mirror? How does the glass of Scripture show you the face of your soul? When one glances into the mirror of their soul that kind of sight is known as discernment.

Have you ever sinned before? What happens when we remember that sin and then cast it under the glass of Scripture that reflects upon the face of our soul? If you're honest with yourself that is even an uglier reflection than the wicked queen saw in her mirror. It should trouble those that have a conscience. It drives us to our knees to ask the forgiveness of God. Yet there are some that never reach that point as their souls are hardened to the truth. It cannot penetrate that kind of darkness. And, those kinds of people never turn to the Bible for their problems because the Bible is that mirror that reflects their soul back to them.

Those that are unaffected by their sins have the tendency to relax their attention as they glance into the mirror of Scripture and can easily walk away with no baggage attached to them even though the stain of that sin is still upon their soul. "What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?"- Mark 8:36-37. How you answer that question determines how well the glass of Scripture reflects back upon you. More in our next post.

David Norris
Spiritual Pathways Ministries