{"id":1622,"date":"2017-11-08T09:58:33","date_gmt":"2017-11-08T14:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/?p=1622"},"modified":"2017-11-08T10:02:41","modified_gmt":"2017-11-08T15:02:41","slug":"the-mirror","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/2017\/11\/08\/the-mirror\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mirror"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1623 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Jesus-in-the-mirror-300x277.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"277\" \/><\/h6>\n<h6>Faces in the mirror all staring back to see<\/h6>\n<h6>Am I groomed perfectly?<\/h6>\n<h6>Teeth-white, eyes bright, a wrinkle or two, that\u2019s new<\/h6>\n<h6>Flaws; there are a few\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Walking through the Mall there are faces everywhere<\/h6>\n<h6>Going here and going there, never arriving anywhere<\/h6>\n<h6>Sometimes smiles returned to me\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Deep concentration, busyness and frowns I see\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Lackadaisical faces and others hurrying on a lunch break. Some holding onto<\/h6>\n<h6>children\u2019s hands, those little faces making many demands\u2026<em>Mommy I want this<\/em>\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6><em>Not now or we will miss<\/em>\u2026<em>Santa and Mrs. Clause<\/em>\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Long lines to stand in\u2026its Christmas time again\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Lots and lots of faces\u2026what stories they could tell\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Strangers, acquaintances; I hear the Salvation Army bell\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Friends we haven\u2019t met yet; could be behind their stare\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>These are the faces of many people going everywhere\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>So as I stare in the mirror, this is what I see\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>On my way to somewhere; they are looking back at me\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>At eighty; who will I see\u2026?<\/h6>\n<h6>I\u2019ll be staring at a stranger and the stranger will be me.<\/h6>\n<h6>The reflection I want to see when I look in my mirror, is the face of the Master<\/h6>\n<h6>For then I will know&#8230;I&#8217;ve followed where he led me, it is His face I&#8217;ve sowed.<\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\">~M.S. O\u2019Neill November 8, 2017<\/h6>\n<p><em>Lord let us be transformed into your likeness so that when people\u00a0look at us, they will see you looking back at them. Kindness and Joy and Peace and Love , a reflection of you given freely, no strings attached only\u00a0that they will receive your grace today Lord and will want\u00a0to know you!\u00a0Amen!\u00a0<\/em><em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Faces in the mirror all staring back to see Am I groomed perfectly? 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