Hello, I'm Sochiel Dixon.

In today's encouragement from our daily bread, I'll be sharing, I can see you.

The optometrist helped three-year-old Andreas adjust his first pair of glasses.

Look in the mirror, she said.

Andreas glanced at his reflection,

then turned to his father with a joyful and loving smile.

Then Andreas's father gently wiped the tears

that slipped down his son's cheeks and asked,

What's wrong?

Andreas wrapped his arms around his father's neck.

I can see you. He pulled back, tilted his head,

and gazed into his father's eyes. I can see you. As we prayerfully study the Bible, the Holy Spirit gives us eyes to see Jesus, the image of the invisible God. However, even with our vision

cleared by the Spirit as we grow in knowledge through Scripture, we can still only see a glimpse

of God's infinite immensity on this side of eternity. When our time on earth is done, or when

Jesus fulfills his promise to return, we'll see

him clearly. We won't need special glasses in that joy-filled moment when we see Christ face to face

and know him as he knows each of us, the beloved members of the body of Christ, the church.

The Holy Spirit will infuse us with the faith, hope, and love we need to stand firm

until we gaze at our loving and living Savior and say,

I can see you, Jesus. I can see you.

Today's our daily bread devotional scripture reading is 1 Corinthians chapter 13

verses 4 to 13. Love is patient. Love is kind. It does not envy. It does not boast. It is not proud. It does not dishonor others. It is not self-seeking. It is not easily angered. It keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil, but rejoices with the truth.

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