Your Face

We often sing about seeking God's face. I was thinking about this aspect of our relationship to God recently when I tried to imagine what His face is like. In my mind's eye I saw the light of His face. It was shimmering with wavelengths of light substance imperceptible to the physical human eye. His face turned toward me and I am unable to describe what my imagination saw.
One time while I was away from home I tried to remember the faces of my family. The outcome was what one might expect. I remembered most easily those which I had known the longest. I need to seek God's face more if I want to remember Him in times of difficulty... times when I feel He is distant.
I recently had a career change. My former employment was composed of a lot of phone work, with minimal face to face interaction. In contrast, my new situation requires a relatively large amount of interpersonal communication. I observe facial expressions and I realize that my own face is likewise registering expression. But Is it expressing what I want it to express?! Or has my former occupation compromised my facial communication?
Our spiritual growth is dependant on fellowship. Jesus said, "whatever you do for the least of these... you have done it unto me,"Mt 25. We need interaction with people in order to develop our ability to relate to God. That relationship, which is opened only by our faith in Jesus' sacrifice, is kept clear by regularly seeing the faces of fellow believers. Maybe its just the nod of a head as I relate a prayer request, or the observation of a tear at the description of a trial or testing. Maybe its a quizzically raised eyebrow that tells me that I need to come back to earth.
Whatever the facial expressions may be, they are each an indicator of my relationship with God. I need to praise Him for the expression of confident resolve that I've observed when before there was doubt. I need to ask forgiveness because of the hurt expression that I caused on the face of a fellow pilgrim. I must pray for that one whose sorrowful expression I only observed from a distance. I must dig into God's Word for correction or confirmation when a quizzically raised eyebrow tells me I'm out in left field.
Someday I will see God face to face... I wonder whether my face will register shock, shame, awe (of course), regret, or the greatest serenity and fulfillment imaginable.