Face to Face

^{Luke 2:41} Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover. ⁴² And when he was twelve years old, they went up according to custom. ⁴³ And when the feast was ended, as they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His parents did not know it, ⁴⁴ but supposing him to be in the group they went a day's journey, but then they began to search for him among their relatives and acquaintances, ⁴⁵ and when they did not find him, they returned to Jerusalem, searching for him. ⁴⁶ After three days they found him in the temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. ⁴⁷ And all who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers.
If I sat with Jesus for three days would my life be any different? If I got to talk with him, ask him questions, hear his questions, would I be amazed? When Jesus sat with these above, he was 12 and had not begun to minister publically. Yet all who heard him were amazed.

I hope that my idea of what’s important in life would be transformed. But would it? I hope that my soul would be captured ever more by Jesus. Would I begin to love what and who he loves? Yearn for what he yearns for… would I seek the lost and broken and outcast… would I really take care of the orphans and widows and downtrodden? Would I let go of my self-righteousness and comfort of soul and instead love freely?

Oh, Jesus, we do not get to sit face to face yet – but that day will come when this life is done. Until then, we do still get to walk together, talk together, and you teach me, show me, how to love like you. I am so thankful that my time with you is not limited to three days! Amazing. Amen