魔鏡
「魔鏡，魔鏡，誰是世界上最美的人？」
童話故事「白雪公主」裡的邪惡皇后常常對著鏡子這樣問。
每一次魔鏡都很誠實的告訴皇后，你就是世界上最美的人。可是當白雪公主漸漸長大了，這一次魔鏡的誠實卻引來皇后的不悅與嫉妒，它對皇后說：「你雖然很美麗，卻不是世界上最美的人。」
不論是在童話故事裡，或是現實生活中，幾乎每個人都喜歡照鏡子，尤其喜歡鏡子對自己說好聽的話。若不是鏡子對人說，你很美麗或是你很英俊，人們怎麼會願意花那麼多時間在鏡子面前呢？
每個人對自己都有一個特定的美好形象，即使不照鏡子的時候，腦海中仍然可以想見自己的模樣。這個美好的形象，可能是年輕時最美麗的階段，也可能是心目中的偶像，更可能是二者合而為一。
這個不易被抹滅的形象，深深的印在我們的心裡，直到有一天，有一面鏡子反映出一個醜陋的自己，我們立即的反射動作就是轉身而去，並且命令大腦趕快消滅那不好的影像，繼續保有心中那個美好的自己。
鏡子不會撒謊，只有人會撒謊，而且人會對自己撒謊。雖然已經年華老去，仍是不肯承認，即使心中已經充滿嫉妒與憤恨，依然毫不自知。久而久之在謊言的遮蔽下，我們所看到的鏡中人，和腦海中對自己的印象，已經不是真正的自己了。
一面明亮的鏡子可以幫助我們端正儀容，我們的生命何嘗不也需要一個明鏡，來讓心裡一切的罪惡和傲慢自大都無所遁形嗎？馬丁‧路得‧金牧師說：「黑暗無法驅逐黑暗，唯獨光可以。」我們自己是沒辦法看清自己內心的骯髒和污穢，唯有耶穌是那真光，祂可以幫助我們看到自己的罪和對付今生最大的敵人-- 驕傲和偏見，只要我們願意來到耶穌的面前承認自己的侷限。
一個自欺欺人的生活，只會導引我們走進更黑暗的深淵，不知人生要往哪裡去。你願意讓耶穌來引領你出黑暗入光明嗎？
聖經 箴言 16:18
「驕傲在敗壞以先；狂心在跌倒之前。」
禱告：
「主啊，求祢幫助我誠實的面對自己，遠離用虛假裝飾自己的生活，不再驕傲的以自我為中心。唯有站立在祢的面前，我才能夠看清自己，才能夠聽見祢要對我說的話。謝謝祢垂聽我的禱告。阿們。」
Mirror Mirror
「Mirror,
Mirror on the wall, Who in this land is fairest of all?」
The evil queen of
fairy tale「Snow
White」always asked Magic Mirror this question.
Every time Magic
Mirror tells evil queen honestly, you are the most beautiful woman in this
land. However, Snow White grows up day by day, this time the honest of
Magic Mirror makes evil queen unhappy and jealous. It tells her:「You
are very beautiful, but not the fairest of all.」
Whatever in fairy
tale or true life, almost everyone loves looking at itself in the mirror,
especially prefers to hear nice words from mirror. If the mirror does not
tell you are beautiful or handsome, why do you spend so much time in front of
the mirror?
Everyone has its
own typical fine image in mind. Even we do not look at ourselves in the
mirror, our image can still come up to our mind. This fine image would be
probably our most beautiful young stage, or our idols, or more likely both of
them to be merged.
This typical fine
image will not be erased easily, it deeply imprints in our heart. Until
one day, there is a mirror reflecting an ugly image to us, our immediate reflex
response is turning away and command our brain to eliminate it quickly in order
to keep the better one.
Mirrors would not
tell lies, only people do. Furthermore people would do it to
themselves. Even we become older and older, we dare not to admit
it. Though jealousy and resentment are full of our heart, we are still
not aware of it. Gradually under the shelter of lie, the person in the
mirror and impression in mind is not true to us.
A bright mirror
can help us to adjust our appearance. Our life as well as need a bright
mirror to detect the sins and pride of our inside. The priest Martin
Luther King has said:「Darkness cannot drive out darkness;
only light can do that.」 We have no way to be
conscious of our dirty and filth in heart. Only Jesus is the true Light,
He can help us to see our sins and deal with the biggest enemy in our life --
pride and prejudice, as long as we come to Jesus to recognize our
limitations.
A life of
self-deception will guide us into the darker depths, and have no idea where to
go. Would you like please Jesus to guide you out of darkness into his
marvelous light?
Bible Proverbs 16:18
「Pride
goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.」
Prayer:
「Lord,
please help me to be honest to myself, keep away from decorating life with
false and no longer be proud of a self-centered life. Only stand
before Thee, I am able to realize myself clearly and hear what you want to say
to me.
Thank you for hearing my prayer. Amen. 」
