Faces often convey more meaning and speak louder that the words we say. A smile on my face usually elicits a resonating smile from another person. A face burdened by pain or problems often breaks my heart and urges me to ask how I can help. Yesterday, we met up with a friend Dawn and her beautiful baby Piper. We also met her parents. I could distinctly see a certain glow and feel a palpable warmth whenever they looked at or talked about their darling granddaughter. No touch, no physical contact. And yet real change happens in people when they communicate non-verbally and non-physically.
I guess God communicates with us in pretty much the same way. I look at the face of the earth and I am filled with an awesome glow and a reassuring warmth that I have been loved into existence. I see the smiles of people in my life and share in their joys and sorrows. I see their burdened faces and I am touched to get out of myself, reach out to them in love, support and service.
In the midst of the busy and noisy activities of daily living, it is easy to miss this important truth. I need to slow down and relish the moments to realize these things. Together with Jesus, and like Peter and John and James, I must take time and make the effort to go up the mountain to pray. And there, to allow Christ to transfigure my life.
Jesus took with him Peter and John and James, and went up on the mountain to pray. And while he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became dazzling white. Suddenly they saw two men, Moses and Elijah, talking to him. Now Peter and his companions were weighed down with sleep; but since they had stayed awake, they saw his glory and the two men who stood with him.
Luke 9:28-30,32-36