Faces

 

I SAT LAST NIGHT WATCHING A CONGREGATION SINGING OLD TIME HYMNS. MY MIND WAS CARRIED BACK TO ONE OF MY CHURCHES I SERVED IN SOUTH GA. I COULD HEAR THE PEOPLE SINGING "THE OLD RUGGED CROSS", "HE LIVES. I KNOW HE LIVES, HE LIVES IN MY HEART." "BLESSED ASSURANCE". IT FELT GOOD, PEACEFUL AND BLESSED AS I LISTENED AND LET MYSELF REVISIT THE PAST. YET, ANOTHER PART OF THIS EXPERIENCE WAS OBSERVING THE FACES OF THE SINGERS. EVERY FACE DIFFERENT. EVERY FACE REVEALED SOMETHING ABOUT THE PERSON. THE CALMNESS, THE SMILE, THE PASSION. I THOUGHT TO MYSELF THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF A PERSON IS HIS.HER FACE. THE FACE EXPRESSED THE JOY AND GLADNESS EXPRESSED IN SINGING THESE WONDERFUL HYMNS OF FAITH.