Pondering Proverbs

Proverbs 27:19  As water reflects the face, so one’s life reflects the heart.

Reflections come in many guises and through many mediums. Somewhere in the beginning of each day, you probably find yourself looking at your reflection in the mirror. Many of us never give a second thought as to how that reflection is produced. All surfaces reflect some light, but only a special type of surface reflects light in such a way that it can form a mirror. In 1835 German chemist Justis von Liebig devised a process for coating plates of glass with metallic silver. This was the beginning of the mirror as we know it today and helped it become a common household item. The mirrors in our homes are made in similar fashion by evaporating a very thin layer of silver onto glass.

From this Proverb we could well ask, are we the mirror that God wants us to be? Just as it takes that right material (silver, which is a precious metal) to make the best mirrors, God desires for our hearts to be filled with His Spirit so that we can be a clear reflection of His glory. The Apostle Paul states this truth in Second Corinthians 3:18 when he wrote, “But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.” As we allow the Holy Spirit of God to control our lives, He can make us the right reflections He has purposed for us to be.

Faithful God,

you have called us to be a light shining in the world.

Make us reflect the light of Christ,

so that people see your love and goodness

in our words and actions.

We ask this through your Son, our Lord,

who lives and reigns

with you and the Holy Spirit,

one God, now and forever.

Amen.