The Stiller the Water

The son was grieved because some whom he had hoped to help would not even look at his Lord.  They were trying to satisfy themselves with husks.  They were playing with phantoms.

As he thought sorrowfully of those dear to him, who were so near and yet so far, he remembered how they and he together had looked at the reflection of a mountain in still water.  It was the reflection that first caught their attention.  But presently they had raised their eyes to the mountain.

    "Reflect Me," said his Father to him then.  "They will look at thee.  Then they will look up, and see Me.  And the stiller the water the more perfect the reflection."

- Amy Carmichael

Let's put away our stubbornness, our grudges, our prejudices, our resentment, our selfishness - so that we can "still the water" and make a more perfect reflection of our Heavenly Father.