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    Reflections
    Reflections
    Reflections
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    Reflections

    By Stephen Sterling

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    Reflection

    If I change the way I look at things
    The things I look at change
    I think thats why the Bible seems
    So changeable and strange

    His word is like a magic mirror
    Reflecting each mans heart
    What I see in what I read
    Depends on where I start

    What I see depends in part
    On what I think I know
    Do I trust in my own thoughts
    Or do I want to grow

    I listen to the word of God
    And hear what it should say
    Conform it to my paradigms
    And justify my way

    And thinking I have seen the truth
    I just see my reflection
    A god who looks a lot like me
    A god of self deception

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWestBow Press
    Release dateJun 24, 2011
    ISBN9781449711856
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