Reflections

Reflections

In the early morning mist,

I felt a stillness in the air.

All in a haze of dreamlike thoughts.

Yet still, and full of peace.

Reflections of water shimmered.

Nondescript and iridescent.

Now we see only as if in a mirror.

Words from ages past repeated themselves,

In the still small voice within.

Here we find a deep and inner calm when we are at one with him.

We may not walk through our tomorrows,

With the answers that we seek.

We may not know just where we're going,

Or the nature of the deed.

But to go this way and be with him,

Is to walk with life’s still waters, and travel with the flow.

The day may bring its sorrows.

Might also bring its joys.

Know that all of this is but a pale reflection

Of what around that corner there may yet be.

A PALE REFLECTION.

“Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know only in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.”

1Cor 13: 12

We all have those days when we get out of bed and think of what we have to do during the course of the day. Frequently, there may be something that has to be done that day that does not make the prospect feel good at all. Dwelling upon this is almost the medication for a bad day.

The Cure? Take a quiet moment and picture a scene such as this I am going to word paint.

You are walking in the early morning beside a river gently flowing. You can hear the ripples. There is a mist all around, still and calm. Instead of fretting about what might be, just now allow this picture to fill your mind. Allow the calm of the scene to quieten your inner being.

The early morning mist lets you see everything in a haze as if a pale reflection in a mirror. Instead of trying to see the whole day lying before you see just this beauty. 

The truth is this, what you are fretting about may not in fact happen, and if it does this strength you are taking in will be with you and you will manage to get past anything.

The mist in your scene begins to lift and you can now see things more clearly. In the same way see the day ahead, in a clearer light.

We have an amazing ability to see only the worst in every situation. In 1 Cor 13: 12, we are told that we do not always see things as in reality they are.

I had a friend who tells of the time he was conducting a meeting which seemed to be going very well. All of a sudden without saying anything one of the participants got up and left the room. My friend was upset and his concentration began to wane. She did not seem to be going to return and the more he thought of this the less effective he became in his conduct of the meeting to the extent he brought it to a swift end.

On seeing her during the coffee break he had called he asked her if he had said something to upset her. She was a person he held in high regard and most certainly did not wish to upset her. She responded by telling him that she had been enjoying listening to what he had been saying but had remembered she had left the tea urn switched on and had left to put it off. She also said that she did not wish to disturb the other participants so had decided to wait for the break. 

We have a great ability to think the worst in many situations. Nobody, other than God, can see what lies before us. Calming the mind at the start of the day and committing the rest of the day to Him we will find an inner strength to face whatever comes our way.