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One Woman's Pilgrimage
by Linda Bush Cannon
I have an old mirror in my bedroom, sitting on top of a bookcase. It’s one of those vanity mirrors that has the main panel, then two side panels that fold forward a little, so you can see three view of yourself. I’m guessing it’s probably an antique, with permanent smudges, scrapes and worn spots borne from years of wear and tear. But it faithfully continues to echo back my reflection whenever I am near it.
This morning I was lying in bed, talking to God as we met for a quiet time together before my day began. He was listening, as He always does, while I poured my heart out to Him, seeking His face. My verse this year to focus upon is Matthew 6:33: “But seek first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.” As I lie there thinking about this verse, I turned my head slightly to the left, and suddenly my eyes rested upon that old mirror. In that moment I saw the cross which hangs over my desktop on the opposite wall reflected in the mirror. I had never noticed it before – the angle of the mirror, my position on the bed, the lighting – but there it was, clear as can be, the cross.
I couldn’t stop staring at it for the longest time. It spoke to me, like a word from my Father Himself. I realized that, when we seek Him first, our hearts and lives become a reflection of Christ. Granted, an imitation, but one that should grow clearer and sharper as our lives become more and more like that of our Savior. I’m also like that mirror, worn and faded, but still capable of producing the likeness of my Lord in my daily walk. Perhaps only a glimmer, but nonetheless, as I obey Him and live for Him/seek Him, He will be able to use me to show His love. I can be used to reflect Him.
Oh Lord, today may I bear Your likeness in my life – may others see not the image-bearer, but only You, the beautiful and worthy Savior – the face of love.
1 Corinthians 13:11-13: When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
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