Do you know those Magic Eye pictures? They are the pictures that may appear to be random colors and patterns but if you stare at them long enough, and your eyes get out of focus enough then suddenly there appears a 3 dimensional figure that comes out of the picture.
You stare and go cross-eyed and just when you are about ready to give up – There it is!
The funny thing is that when you try to see the image that is when it is often the most difficult to see. We had one of these in the office the other day. I would look at it by myself and see a hand coming out of the picture. When I handed it to others they would try and fail to anything more than the surface pattern and when they handed it back to me to point out where the image was I couldn't see it either!
Then in the peace of my office – there was the hand!
In Luke's Gospel there is a story of travelers on the road, on the first Easter Sunday, walking with a stranger. As readers we are let in on the secret – the stranger walking with them is Jesus. “But their eyes were kept from recognizing him.” (Luke 24:16)
Even after walking and talking with him they were clueless. Only in the breaking of bread with Jesus at table were their eyes opened.
Sometimes I think life is like a Magic Eye picture. We are stuck in 2 dimensional life, seeing but not really seeing – and then there he is – 3-D Jesus, in the person in need, in the person who is reaching out in love, in the face of a child or in the face of the infirm elder – even in your face as you reflect his love.
Here's hoping and praying for opened eyes that see Jesus in the world.
Grace and peace,
Jeff Silvernail
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