Eyes of Love

“Jesus looked at him and loved him.”

(Mark 10:21 - NIV)

Love is normally expressed in three ways – through words, by touch and by means of eye contact. The look of Jesus (a reflection of Father's face) is always one of pure love. Irrespective of the recipient of his gaze – love beams from his eyes.

How must it have felt for the young man in this story to gaze in to the eyes of pure love? Yet he walked away dazzled – not by divine love but by the riches he possessed. It is difficult to understand the choice he made – yet it is the choice many of us make every day. Such an expression of love creates an irresistible impulse to respond. It either draws or repels – there is no middle ground. Love drove a wedge between this man and the heart of the Father towards him. Despite his fine sounding religious language, his material riches were his real god. Love demands a response in our lives also – and while the heart of the Father is to draw us to himself - he will never override our free will. He loves us freely and he longs for us to respond to him in a similar way.