An adoptee searches for a face in a crowd that resembles her own.
If we could only see the face of the lost birth mother/father, the hurt would magically disappear. The grief would be resolved and the life-long repercussions of traumatic adoption loss would be mitigated.
Oops…adoptee fantasy.
True, those who have found the missing face through reunion have experienced much healing. Seeing that missing face brings validation and healing.
But, there is more.
There is still that deep searching within the adoptee heart.
Ask any who have found the missing face if the healing is complete.
Does an adoptee automatically feel “unadopted?”
No, the adoptee is just red-faced when asked.
Though we may search, reunite, and even enjoy one another, there is still an ache within for another missing face.
Ecclesiastes 3: 11 says, “He has put eternity into mans’s heart.”
It is the face of the One in whose image we were created. The face of the One who loved us so much that He died for us. It is the face of Jesus Christ.
The moment we see Him face to face in heaven, every need will be satisfied, every tear wiped away.
Perhaps, David was referring to this when he penned the words of Psalm 17:15?
“And I–in righteousness will see your face; when I awake, I will be satisfied with seeing your likeness.”
Exodus 33:11 says there was only one person in the course of history who didn’t have to wait until heaven to see God face to face.
How interesting that the person was Moses, an adoptee.