Who Do You Look Like?
I sat looking at my son a couple of weeks ago and let my mind wander. Trying to see what others see – who he looks like, how he’s changed.
And a thought struck me. Maybe I can’t see me in him, because I can’t see me. Try as I might, a lot of how and what I think of myself is shaped by what people tell me, how they value me... And often I know I come up short on the expectations of others.
What people see in me changes with the angle people get of me – kinda like my son – from one angle, he looks like rugged, world weary me; from another, my beautiful wife!
But what of Jesus in this? How does Jesus see me? I mean wow, he sees EVERYTHING, every angle. Fortunately for me, he saw everything and still chose to die for me. That’s how much he loved me.
Do we love others that way? We see just one angle, make our judgement call and move on. Put them in a box and say yes, I like you; no, I don’t.. I value you; or you’re worthless to me.
But Jesus saw everything, every angle and said.. He’s worth dying for.
How do we respond to that?
Going on from there.. Do people see Jesus in every angle of us? Are we showing everyone we meet a view of Jesus? Do people see His mercy, grace, compassion, His honesty and love?
Do they see the Jesus that said.. He’s worth dying for..?
Are we changing every day to look a little more like our Father in Heaven?
Only time will tell who Cooper will end up looking like in later years. But I can only pray that regardless of whose eyes he has, and whose smile.
He simply reflects his Father in Heaven.
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