I interview people for a living, and for the most part, they tell me stories of radical life change. Most of them are recovering addicts. Most, but not all, were addicted to a substance -- drugs or alcohol. Some were addicted to work or relationships or thrills or food. Most attribute their new lease on life to the saving grace of Jesus Christ. I usually try to get them to elaborate on that idea: How did accepting Jesus change the abuse you were running from? How did Jesus impact your addiction? Those are not usually easy questions for them to answer, but this sentence in Oswald made me think of those interviews: "When once you have seen Jesus, you can never be the same, other things do not appeal as they used to do." And perhaps other things do not gnaw away and consumer you as they used to do either.
I think I am often trying to see Jesus through my interviewee's eyes because they seem to have experienced him in a way that I have not. I want to see Jesus . . . and to know that he has seen me.
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