I just finished the book Lamy of Santa Fe, about the missionary bishop Jean-Baptiste Lamy, who arrived in New Mexico in 1851. Lamy served in the wild west, traveling thousand of miles by horseback, burro and wagon. He went hungry and thirsty at times, fought off bands of raiders and buried co-workers. All to carry the good news to all the peoples of the Southwest.

His quote after years of arduous ministry life caught my eye:

The divine word is a mirror that discloses to the ambitious all the infidelity of the world which he serves. It lets him see his ingratitude
toward God, whom he has rejected, abandoned. This divine word is a mirror without taint that shows the impenitent sinner the danger to which he exposes himself in falling into the hands of the terrible justice of God.

Jean-Baptiste Lamy

The entire time Lamy traveled and taught and encouraged he emphasized the Scriptures. The divine word, a mirror without taint, reflects clearly our issues before the Lord, and Lamy unhesitatingly showed people their reflection.

The divine word works the same for us today, when we’ll willing to give it a look.