Transfigured?

And while he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became dazzling white.  

                                                           Luke 9:29

"Transfiguration"   by Lewis Bowman

On Sunday, we will hear the fantastical story of Jesus being "transfigured" on the top of Mount Tabor in the region of Galilee. His friends, Peter, John, and James are with him, and they are stunned as Jesus' whole countenance changes right before their eyes, and he appears to be talking to Moses and Elijah. 

Of course those early disciples were terrified. 

I mean, what if you saw President Obama, just as plain as day, standing twenty feet away from you and chatting it up with Dr. Martin Luther King and JFK? Would you believe your eyes? Or would you think you were going crazy? 

How do we recognize the presence of God in our everyday lives? Dare we proclaim that which we have witnessed ourselves?