TODAY, I LOOKED INTO THE FACE OF GOD.

While watching Priya sleep this morning, I pondered some things in my mind... Like, how easy it is to see

'God" in the face of your own child--all the Love and Power and Mystery of the Universe wrapped up in the package of that face, those eyes, that nose, those lips.  But, then, if every parent with a stable heart and mind can see "God" in the face of their own child, why is it so difficult for us to see "God" in the face of every person we come in contact with (the stranger on the street, the coworker,the client, the patient, the other driver on the road, the criminal, the addict, the homeless person, the politician in the news, the spouse)?  Aren't we all children that have grown up?  Haven't we all been the face of "God" to a parent?

Love is like a magnifying glass that helps us see what we cannot see without it.  It takes thoughtful or prayerful awareness to look at everyone through the lens of Love and see "God," but it's what our world needs the most.  It's no wonder Jesus said that if you have shown a kindness to even the "least of these," you have in truth done it to Me.