on recognizing Jesus

How often do we see Jesus in our lives but don't actually comprehend the reality of his presence?

What does God look like to you? 
Do you often pray that you would be able to see God more clearly in your ordinary moments? That you would not only understand God's voice, but be able to recognize it when you hear it? 
How often do we see Jesus in our lives but don't actually comprehend the reality of his presence? 
In the prologue to the book of John, John describes this reality, writing that Jesus "came into the very world that he created, but the world didn't recognize him." Later, In a full circle moment at the end of the book, he tells the story of Mary Magdalene, one of Jesus' followers, who is outside the empty tomb, weeping, unable to fathom where Jesus has gone, desperately afraid his body has been stolen. 
John writes, "She turned to leave and saw someone standing there. It was Jesus, but she didn't recognize him." Not until Jesus says her name—"Mary"—does she turn fully to him and realize who is speaking to her. 
Where in our life do we, like Mary, see Jesus standing there and not recognize him?
John describes Jesus as the Word of God–that Jesus' role in the plan of our redemption is to be the demonstration of God's heart, the bearer of God's message, the Word of God's mouth to the world God loves. 
Jesus came not only to speak, but to embody truth, love, and faithfulness. He does so by "making his home among us," that we might see and grasp the very heart of God, that we might experience God's abundant love poured out on us. That we might recognize the voice calling out our name. 
How would this affect the way we live? 
As we take the time to notice where the light of Christ illuminates our neighborhood, in shared laughter, in the sunrise, in everyday service, in the eyes of children, in a kind word, in a needed embrace, may we hear Jesus speak our name into the silence. May we turn, then, and see him everywhere, given hope to persist in the honest and imperfect living out of our faith, knowing we are not alone. 

"No one has ever seen God. But the unique One, who is himself God, is near to the Father’s heart. He has revealed God to us."