Perhaps you are wondering about the name of my blog - Looking Into Glass. Perhaps not, but humor me. After all , this is my blog.

As mentioned in a previous blog, I see the spiritual aspect of life as a two-fold quest. On the one hand is the obvious desire - to know God. But on the other side of that coin is the desire to know someone else - myself. I have found that the most enlightening experiences I have ever had were moments when I discovered something about myself that I did not know. It may have come from someone's comments about me, from a successful or failed venture, or from a time of introspection. And that moment of enlightenment was a spiritual experience for me. Amazingly, the discovery caused me to think about God. In other words, the realization about myself resulted in prayer. Perhaps it was a moment of worship or a moment of "O God, help me." But regardless, my focus turned to my Creator.

The title comes from the Bible. The book of James (1:25) describes the Bible as a mirror, a looking glass. The words are an exhortation to read the Bible with thoughtfulness. Rather than just reading words on a page with little desire to understand, we are encouraged to consider and meditate on what we see there. Many times we see ourselves. The most surprising discovery while reading and meditating is that we find we are looking at ourselves from God's viewpoint. That is usually a fairly drastic change of perspective.

This path of self-discovery is a path also of God discovery. No, you don't discover God within you. I am not Hindu. Rather, we discover God is shaping us to be more fully human and also, more like Him. For we were created in His image. Self discovery also brings us to realize how much we need God, the greater power, to help us. Humanity is in dire need of divine assistance.

My hope is that you will begin (or continue) the path of understanding God and self. I hope you will look for & discover the real you and the you God created you to be.