Our granddaughter works in the very space my wife worked in thirty years ago. My wife told her to look for the face of Jesus in the wood grain on the back of one of the doors. This evening we received a report that the college put a mirror on the back of that door but one can still see Jesus peeking over the top. I kind of like that. Jesus holds up a mirror for us and if we look carefully perhaps we can see Him in our reflection. If we see someone who cares, someone who is honest, someone who is anxious to help others then we see Him. It is surprising how good He looks.
I realize there is hesitancy on our part. We are very aware of our limitations and faults. No one need point them out. We know! So we balk a bit at the idea that Jesus can be seen in us. Paul addresses this very issue in I Corinthians 1. He wrote, “Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.” That’s us. We are the not so wise, the not so influential. However, the wonderful point is He chose us.
We rarely see ourselves as others see us. If we have a zit that is all we think people see. Most people never notice the zit because they are blinded by our gracious care. Or, horrors, our indifference. It’s up to us. We choose what they see. Before leaving your room in the morning, take a peak in your mirror to see whose looking back.
Written by Roger Bothwell on July 12, 2016
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