The Broken Mirror
Years ago, our children gave us a very nice mirror. It was three feet high and four feet long with beveled edges and images of flowers and an Eiffel Tower fastened to it through the glass. Later, we moved, and there was no place to hang it. For four years, we stored it in the back of a closet in hopes of using it again “some day.” Our new dwelling place has a long hallway, an ideal place for that mirror. We prepared to rehang it. My sons were here to help since it is too heavy for one person. We dug it out from the place the movers had stored it. It is broken! Disappointment reigns!
Now we are asking what is the Christian thing to do? The movers not only broke the mirror, but they also hid it. They hid the large broken corner on a garage shelf and turned the broken mirror to the wall with other things in front of it. As they hoped, it took us weeks to discover it. The apostle Paul said here on earth we see as through a faulty mirror. Some day we will see clearly. (I Corinthians 13:12) I need to see clearly today.
Superstition says a broken mirror brings bad luck. I am not superstitious, but that cliché certainly has been true for us---complete with a bad accident, totaled car, hospital time, multiple delays, and difficulties. Back to the broken mirror. Will insurance replace it---ours or theirs? Can it be replaced? Where do I find another car? I am not supposed to drive. We believe God led us to our present destination with plans for our future. If that is true, what are we to make of the difficulties getting and settling here?
Don’t misunderstand; I am not complaining. God never promised an easy life. This experience brings me back to what the Bible tells us. Today, we see as through a cloudy or broken mirror. Someday, sometime, God will wipe the cloudy mirror clean; and we will see His will more clearly. Until then, I will wait on the Lord. Yes, wait on the Lord; and He will direct our path. (Proverbs 3:5)
