What Do You See When
You Look at Me?
Welcome to Monday’s Mantra @ Coffee Hour with Chicklit Power
and Trench Classes United. I’m delighted you could join us for a bit of
encouragement for the journey. Grab your break-time drink and your strand of
faith and let’s go tie some knots together.
When asked if you know someone, and you don’t really
remember if you do, usually we ask what they look like, right? Or when a guy or
girl is going to meet a possible candidate for a date for the first time at the
insistence of a “caring” friend who wants to set them up, usually the first
question out of their mouth is, “What do they look like?” Oh, I just had
another thought: what do people see when they look at me and how do they
describe me? Yikes…let’s not go there! J
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Have you ever wondered what Jesus looks like? We know
Hollywood paints him as a guy with close-to-shoulder-length brownish hair, a
beard to match, prominent cheek bones, beautiful gently piercing eyes and an
incredible smile. I really don’t buy into the depictions of others as far as
what He looks like, but maybe it’s time I start seeking His face more. “W
hen
You said, ‘Seek My face,’ my heart said to You, Your face, Lord, I will seek.”
Psalm 27:8
Too many times to count I’ve ready scriptures that instruct
on seeking His face and to be honest, I don’t think I’ve ever taken any
scripture concerning this subject literally. I mean, it’s not like He’s a
stranger to me, but how can we seek His face when we don’t really know what He looks
like?
And then it hits me…it’s not His appearance you’re seeking,
silly, but His presence! Ohhhh, ding, ding, ding! The light is on!
Abba, teach me how to seek Your face as I strive to turn off
the distractions that often interfere with my vision of your presence!
Love,
Evinda
