Passing-Thought

a world without mirrors?

Imagine a world without mirrors. Imagine what it would be like to walk around without ever knowing what your face looks like. With a good imagination, you might be able to morph together in your mind some permutation of the face of your mother, father, and a few of your siblings. Okay, imagine you were adopted. There are no photographs or photographers, portraits or painters, no reflective materials. Life is one continuous game of Indian Poker with your poker face being the dealt card.

Mirrors are everywhere. It's hard for you to imagine knowing who you are without them. The irony is that more often than not we use mirrors to forget who we are. The disciples once asked Jesus, "Lord, show us the Father and it will be enough." To which he replied, "Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Show us the Father'? We are mirrors made, not for the sake of our own image, but to reflect the glory of God. Face it. When our Glory comes in all His glory, you won't forget who you are. You won't forget Him.

Till then, I'll leave you with some Scripture for your reflection.

If anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing. -- James 1:23-25

Now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known. -- 1 Cor 13:12

Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we will be like him, because we shall see him as he is.. -- 1John 3:2

They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. And night will be no more. They will need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever. -- Revelation 22:4-5