The Scottish poet, Robert Burns, was sitting in church one day and happened to notice a louse (insect) roving around the bonnet of a well-to-do lady, probably sitting in the pew in front of him.
This inspired him to write a poem to the louse, which translated from the original language reads as follows:
Oh would some Power the small gift give us
To see ourselves as others see us!
It would from many a blunder free us
And foolish notion
What airs in dress and gait would leave us
And even devotion!
The poet is chastising the louse for not realising how important his host is, but then reflects that, to the louse, we are all equal prey, and that we would be delivered of all pretensions if we were to see ourselves through each other's eyes.
Likewise, the scripture in the picture above reminds us of the importance of being doers of the word and not just hearers.....or we will become those who have no awareness of who we really are and how we should behave in the light of eternity.
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