flowering cherry blooms by Dee Kamp
Reflection
of Hope
On
one bright and sunny day I finally got around to washing the car and even
polished up the chrome and cleaned the mirrors. Satisfied with my hard work I
went back into the house to get a nice cold glass of iced tea. When I returned
to the yard to sit on the patio I gazed once more at the car’s spiffy shine.
That’s when I nearly dropped my glass of tea at what I saw happening to those
gleaming chrome mirrors!
“Satan, who is the god of this world,
has blinded the minds of those who don’t
believe.
They
are unable to see the glorious light of the Good News.
They
don’t understand this message about the glory of Christ,
who
is the exact likeness of God.”
2 Corinthians 4:4 NLT
The
chrome mirror on the driver’s side of my car was all smeared and dirty! Looking
around I saw the culprit, a brightly colored Tanager. With a satisfied flick of
this tail feathers he flew up into the nearby cherry tree. The silly Tanager,
all he could see in that mirror was his own reflection, but to him it was a
bird who had to leave!
The
allure and temptation of this world’s brightness and glamour in new material
things to bring happiness is as false as what the little sparrow saw in the
mirror.
Satan
distracts, confuses and uses the trick of mirrors and smoke to distract and
distort what will bring one peace, joy and contentment.
But
for those of us who have Jesus our heart have a story of lightness and truth to
share. God’s Word and our story of God’s
great love a reflection of the beauty of Christ in our heart. Armed with the
Truth of His promise we are able to share with others that reflection giving
hope to others in this dark and troubled world.
“God
so loved the world…” (John 3:16) Jesus said. And that is why I keep going, even
into my eightieth years, because we’ve a story to tell the nations, a story of
love and light.” Corrie Ten Boom Tramp
for the Lord
“A Reflection of Hope”
by Dee Kamp, Grace Every Morning Ministries© March 26 2015
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