I picked up the Metro Pulse this week and spotted an ad for a Saturday Christmas concert on Market Square featuring a local church choir and one of my favorite bands, Salvador. Immediately called my buddy Marilyn and set plans to attend, and yes, the concert was sensational! Salvador had the full band, horns and everything, and they even played my hastily scribbled request ("Alegria") that I'd written on a scrap of a used hot dog wrapper and placed onstage. I swear I've got Latin blood... maybe I'm adopted...
Not to take anything away from Salvador, but I actually came out of the concert struck by something else. During the church choir performance, I caught a glimpse of my favorite local meteorologist, Matt Hinkin, singing heartily from the back row. For the next song, he came out of the group to perform with 3 other guys.
It made me so happy to see him there, because even though I know absolutely nothing about him personally, I've always wondered if he was a Christian. I'd see him on TV and he has this undeniable, familiar warmth about him. It truly sets him apart.
I recall hearing somewhere a term someone had coined as "Jesus eyes", and that has stuck with me. When someone has a close relationship with God, I mean, a REAL love and fellowship with Him, they truly do have a different look about them. It's like an inward glow, softer eyes, a peaceful joy and patience that radiates from somewhere deep inside. I can often spot it before I would even have any reason to suspect that the person might be a Christian, and trust me, these are absolutely the most delightful people to be around.
Matt Hinkin has Jesus eyes, and before yesterday, I'd only seen him through a TV screen. I remember when Don became a Christian... he looked different the very next morning... that hard look about him melted away instantly. I can think of many others who've always had "Jesus eyes" since I've known them, and others who've grown into theirs.
"And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his likeness..." - 2 Cor 3:18a
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