23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: -

24For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. -James 1

Good morning and happy hump day. When I read James 1:23, it drew me into verse 24. And in that verse I wondered, how can one forget his own face? But if you think about it our face is a vague memory that will fade quickly if we do not look at it. 

Yes we look into the mirror to ensure our face is clean, but in the deep recesses of our mind vanity calls out for us to look and compare ourselves to society as a whole. 

If we do not look at ourselves we can actually forget what we look like. 

Recently I was trying to remember a song from years ago and after it seemed forever it came back to me. It was a song somewhat popular as the melody caught your attention.  

I didn’t sing it often but often enough to have thought I knew the words. Something I thought I was familiar with I had forgotten the words and the words I thought I knew I had wrong all the time. 

A hearer may not be hearing what he thought he heard and if he misheard and acts upon what he misheard…it could end with disastrous results.  

This should give us pause and encourage us to study the word with diligence. Not just hearing but putting into practice what we know is truth. 

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