I Wanna See Your Face!!!

I wanna see Your Face!!

Recently in prayer, I blurted out—“Jesus, I want to see your face—I want to see Your Face!!!” It was more of a demand than a nice request—coming from the heart of a child who would just once want to see the Face of Jesus---for REAL!

“I mean, Lord, look at all the other people/saints who had the privilege and honor of a visit from You. Why not me? Am I not good enough! You love me just as much as You do all the rest. So, why can’t I see Your Face!!?”

“Bob wants to see My Face too. When he sees in you, deep love and compassion, understanding and forgiveness—when he sees My Face in you, you will see My Face.”

Busted again, I know that of late what my husband had been seeing and hearing was not the love that would come from the heart of Jesus. He has much different work habits than myself, and due to increasing back pain and his disabilities, I am doing more than my share of house hold chores, and waiting on him. We are both retired, but I still work part time to pay bills.

Needless to say, there has been grumbling, griping, unkind thoughts (even though silently spoken) coming from me and it shows on the face. To think that because you silently do not complain, hidden thoughts are the same as the spoken offensive words. And, my face shows the discontented, resentful, frustrated and disappointed woman. “Think about it,” I tell myself—“if this was Jesus you were taking care of—would you be harboring these thoughts and feelings?”

Scripture tells me in several places what a servant of God is called to do. To who much has been given, much is expected. A servant does all that is expected and still prepares the meal for the Master before he eats. This is the Amazing Grace given to us, to daily through the little ways, be the love, the voice, the hands and feet of Jesus to others we live with or encounter.

Now I am once more being reminded that if I want to be loved, then I am to give love. As St. Francis put it so nicely—make me an instrument of Your Peace. Well now we can add to that list of desires—make me an Image of Your Face—so others may see the Face of God and live in His Presence. We all want to walk and talk with Jesus daily, don’t we? Well, my friends—let us start walking in His footsteps, and being the Imitation of Christ—then you will not only be in His Presence, you will also see His Face. Anyone else want to see the Face of Jesus?