Mirror, Mirror

Mirror, Mirror on the wall,

Who’s the fairest One of all?

Who casts out the dark of night,

as His Life is brought to light?

Whose incense of praises burn

brightly as His loved ones yearn?

Who is honored and adored?

Who deserves the title, “Lord”?

Who is holy? Who is just?

Who is worthy of our trust?

Who will always bless His own

as they bow before His throne?

Who provides?  Who offers gifts?

Who reaches down?  Who gently lifts?

Who tells us to serve one another?

To forgive?  To love our brother?

Mirror, Mirror on the wall,

we do not understand at all

how His beauty is made known

through sinful ones He calls His own.

This gathering of broken jars

reflects His suffering and scars.

This body, errant and impure,

 displays His image and His cure.

Mirror, Mirror, you are we,

that all the world, through us, may see

His beauty and His love displayed

and glimpse His glory on parade!

~ae

“One thing I have asked from the Lord, 

that I shall seek:  

That I may dwell in the house of the Lord 

all the days of my life, 

to behold the beauty of the Lord 

and to meditate in His temple.”  

~Psalm 27:4

“Do you not know 

that you are a temple of God 

and that the Spirit of God 

dwells in you?  

…for the temple of God is holy, 

and that is what you are.”  

~I Corinthians 3:16,17