Faces of Christ

This is primarily in response to a conversation I had with another on Twitter yesterday. In the conversation, I had sent a tweet stating how Christ likes friendly banter too. It was accompanied with the image to the left. My correspondent noted that this was the first time he's seen an image of Christ without such a serious expression.

He went on to discuss that it's likely that God does feel all the emotions we do: joyful laughter, tears of pain, anger, and -- of course -- Love.
 

Many picture Jesus / Yeshua as standing separate, above all else, with eyes always and firmly set on God the Father above. Yet, many forget, Christ is as fully human as He is divine. He goes through all the emotions (and corresponding facial expressions) we have as a human race.

So, with few words following, I'd like to share some of my collection, covering a range others may not have seen.

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While we remember His tears...

... let us not forget His laughter shared with us...

... even in the laughter of  today.

While there may be anger...

 ... He prefers to share His smiles with all.

There will be times we need to seek His comfort...

...but He hopes to be our guide too.

He knows all life experiences, from feeding basic hungers...

 ... through experiencing life with all of His senses.

He is with us all of the time, in work...

 ... and play.

While many condemn sisters and brothers...

...He still seeks us out ~ always ~ where ever we are...

 ...and is with us, even in our darkest places.

Lastly, I'd like to share an interesting image. It is a photograph taken by a Kenyan nun, Ana Alí, in Rome, on September 8, 1987. It's one of the images in my screen saver.

When I look at it, sometimes Christ is sad, other times He has a gentle smile, and sometimes there is a mischievous look in His eyes, as though He is about to smile, sharing in the humor of the moment.

What do you see?

 

 ~ ESA

Images: Last image is found at: jesusphotos.altervista.org. The rest are of unknown sources, found across the internet.