The Mirror

I was just reading through the Book of James again and the Lord pointed out this passage, which is such a neat illustration!

Be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like.

But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing.

James 1:22 - 25

We've all looked into our mirrors, shaving, grooming, etc. Who could forget what our favorite face looks like? But he who hears the Word and doesn't do it, does just this.