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OUR DAILY BREAD December 16, 2018 Sunday MIRRORS AND HEARERS Lawrence Darmani Whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it . . . will be blessed in what they do. James 1:25 James 1:16–27 Amos 4–6; Revelation 7 When I emerged from my hotel in Kampala, Uganda, my hostess, who had come to pick me up for our seminar, looked at me with an amused grin. “What’s so funny?” I inquired. She laughed and asked, “Did you comb your hair?” It was my turn to laugh, for I had indeed forgotten to comb my hair. I’d looked at my reflection in the hotel mirror. How come I took no notice of what I saw? In a practical analogy, James gives us a useful dimension to make our study of Scripture more beneficial. We look in the mirror to examine ourselves to see if anything needs correction—hair combed, face washed, shirt properly buttoned. Like a mirror, the Bible helps us to examine our cha...