” I don’t seem to recognize your face.”
The butterfly, like the cross and fish was an early symbol of the Christian faith. Talk about total makeover, only a very imaginative God can see the caterpillar and butterfly as related.
I often remind myself when I meet someone that I must look deep beyond the face to know who that person is. Faces change with time, and sometimes by accident. The book cover can be worn or torn.
CS Lewis wrote a book called, “Till we have Faces.” I remind myself during conversations that ultimately the person who I am speaking with is not yet bequeathed with their final face – the face they will wear after the coming of Jesus, the resurrection and judgment.
I have often looked at an elderly saint whose face was contoured with wrinkles and marked with age spots and heard the Lord say, “I make everything beautiful in its time!”
Our faces today are outward packaging. But a day is coming when we will see our true faces. Until then we remember the Lord looks at the heart. So should we.
Steve Johnson
Landing Strip Enterprises
