I saw Jesus on the train today. He had worked a long shift, his coveralls a
patchwork of sweat and grime; yet he joked with a co-worker in the adjacent
seat.
I saw Jesus a little while later, as the crowd
filed into the stairs on the street below –he was the young girl with two small
children in tow, her nerves clearly frayed.
And then, in the grocery store, there was
Jesus again, a check-out clerk who smiled and wished me a good evening.
The next time I saw him, he was stuck in
traffic, his business suit rumpled and his eyes weary.
And when I walked by my neighbor’s house,
Jesus sat on the front step, passing the time with a friend.
When Jesus came to share our human
existence, he changed what it means to be ordinary people going through the
day. Each one of us has a purpose and a
place in the world. Each of us
experiences pain, fatigue, humor, and hope.
If we look more intently at the people we encounter on a typical day, we
will see who they truly are – persons loved by God. Regardless of appearance or situation, the woman,
man or child before you is brimming with holy possibility.
Consider that you are gazing into the eyes
of God.
Understand that Jesus comes to you in many
faces and places.
--Vinita Hampton
Wright
Image source: Gustave Caillebotte, Les raboteurs de parquet (1875),
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