Looking in the Mirror

Recently someone wrote that we need to look in a mirror at ourselves. I believe I understood what the writer was saying and I believe it is good advice. Check our own motives, and make sure we are not the problem. This is wise counsel.

But...thinking about it, I really don't believe it the answer. We need to be looking to God. When we run to God humbly and ask him to show us truth. He will. When we are looking in the mirror, our own reflection comes back. And what we can see can be distorted by our own views and biases.

I do think we need to be responsible. We need to ask the hard questions; what part? Are we taking responsibility for our actions? Did we really listen? Are we looking at the other person through God's eyes: loving and objective? We can ask these questions in prayer. Then God will reflect back to us, what we need to know to make decisions for the good of ourself and the other person.