Glancing in A Mirror

Every morning when I get up from bed I always check my look at the mirror next to my bed. Sometimes I need to see if my pimples have disappeared during the night, or it is just inevitable, because I need to take stuffs from the table in front of the mirror. Sometimes I like what I see, sometimes honestly I don't.

When I prepare myself before going to work, I really need the mirror. When I feel satisfied with my look, it's easier for me to walk out my room lightly. There were days when I just felt so off and need to lighten up myself, rating my appearance was just barely okay, especially after lack of sleep, having bad hair day, hard-to-rid pimple on my face.

Every day we also need to glance at our spiritual mirror. God's words are my spiritual mirror. It shows the look of my spiritual face. Sometimes I like how I look, but many times I don't like at all.  

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James 1:23-25
 For if you listen to the word and don’t obey, it is like glancing at your face in a mirror.  You see yourself, walk away, and forget what you look like.  But if you look carefully into the perfect law that sets you free, and if you do what it says and don’t forget what you heard, then God will bless you for doing it.

One day I read about how generous Jesus is.. how He gave a perfect sacrifice just because of love and I realise how many times I still calculate whenever I give offering or present or help to my friends. That's when I forget what I look like.

Another day I read about patience and self control.. a person who can control himself is more than a person who conquer a city. I remember how easily I became angry when a car behind me honk like crazy, just because I was late for 4 seconds to move forward in a traffic jam. That's when I forget what I look like.

Today I read about considering trouble as an opportunity for great joy. I admit that recently I complained too much, just about anything ...the workload, my moody water pump, my mobile sauna..(the air conditioner in my car worked in accordance to the weather outside). That's when I forget what I look like.

God's words are in us and when we do it ..the Words become alive and growing to be part of us. We are unified with God by His Words manifested  in our actions.
This morning when I glance at my mirror, Lord, by Your grace help me not to forget how I really look like today.