Take a Second Glance

I sometimes imagine what it would have been like to live during the time that Jesus Christ walked this earth.  I think, if I were there, I would never let go of Him and would just want to be around Him day and night worshiping at His feet. I wonder, how could His own people not know that He was the long awaited Messiah?  How did they not know that He was their God robed in flesh?  Then it hits me hard. How many times have I missed God in my daily life?  What about the times when God showed up in a way that I didn't expect and I failed to see Him.  What about the times when my answer came in the form of pain and I couldn't see God in it because I was looking for something different.  It is from these experiences that I wrote this poem.  Maybe you too can relate to it. 

If I had seen Him long ago

Would I have passed Him by

He had no form or comeliness

I might have ignorantly never winced an eye

Would I have taken the time

To see what was inside this simple man

To explore the depths of his heart and see the Great I am

Would I have given a second thought to this stranger

The carpenter from Galilee

A root out of dry ground

Come to rescue sinful me

Would I have seen His true beauty,

beauty not seen with the casual eye

Would I have looked into his eyes, but not seen the King of the Universe looking back into mine

Even today, do I fail to recognize Him

In the simplicity of His ways

In the waiting rooms of life, in the tests, even  in the people I encounter everyday

Superficial is what I have become, looking only at the outward for Jesus’ face

Never digging deeper to explore

Not a Jesus coming with trumpets and fanfare, but Jesus in my every day.