Who Are You?

By Andrea Merrell

For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known.          

1 Corinthians 13:12 NKJV

“Hi, Andrea.”

 

The woman gave me her brightest smile, and every nerve in my body went on high alert.

I had no clue who she was.

With the confused expression that must have been on my face, she said, “You don’t know who I am, do you?”

It’s a terrible feeling when someone walks up to you—someone who apparently knows you well—and you don’t recognize them. It becomes an embarrassing and vulnerable moment.

This has happened to me many times over the years. Thankfully, the Lord has kept my foot from sliding into my mouth on a few of these occasions … especially the one where I thought one of my former classmates (who turned out to be younger than me) might have been one of my former teachers. That would have been a grand faux pas.

The good news is when we get to heaven, we won’t be faced with this problem, even with our brand-new, glorified bodies. It will be the best reunion ever, and we won’t have trouble recognizing a single soul. The best part is that Jesus, who knows us better than anyone, will be standing there with arms wide open and our name on His lips, ready to welcome us home.

But then I shall know just as I also am known.  

(Photo courtesy of Free Digital Photos.net and David Castillo Dominici.)