Jesus Loves Us Because He Sees Us
Day 12
Buechner returns to the theme of X-ray eyes.
“To look with the imagination as well as with the eyes. To look with empathy and compassion. To see each other as Rembrandt saw the old woman, as Holden Caulfield and Seymour Glass with X-ray eyes, which, of course, Jesus supremely has. The most precious words from his lips—and to me I think the most precious of all—are, “Come unto me all ye who labor and are heavy laden, and I will refresh you.” Those words are addressed not only to the people who are obviously laboring and heavy laden—the people in nursing homes, the poor, the dispossessed, the starving—they are addressed to everybody. They are addressed to the beautiful girl on her wedding day. They are addressed to the man who just made a million dollars. They are addressed to the young graduate of whatever it is, who is heading off into the great big world. Jesus sees that all of us labor and are heavy laden and are in need of rest or are in need of him or in need of peace. So we are to see each other like that, as Jesus sees us, framed as if each one of our faces is seen by him. And the frame he sees us in, if you have to give it a word, is the frame of love. He sees us because he loves us; he loves us because he sees us.”
Frederick Buechner, The Remarkable Ordinary: How to Stop, Look, and Listen to Life, Grand Rapids: Zondervan, pp41-42.
To help you reflect…
“Come unto me all ye who labor and are heavy laden, and I will refresh you.” (Matt 11.28 KJV)
Hear these words addressed to you. What is Jesus seeing in you? What rest, peace or refreshment is he offering as he looks at you in the frame of love?
This was especially needed today. Thank you 🙏🏻