What Did Andrew See In Jesus

We all hear things differently. We understand and look at things in our own way. We might think we fully get someone else’s point of view or that we can read their mind, but we never really know, you see, we do not really understand another person until we have spent some time with them. We don’t know if they are real until some time has passed.
In our gospel today we hear these words: "We have found the Messiah," Andrew told Peter after spending the better part of a day with Jesus. Wouldn’t it be great to know exactly how that conversation went? "What did Andrew see in Jesus; hear in Jesus; experience in Jesus; perceive in Jesus that would cause him to come to such a conclusion, to have such a perception? "We have found the Messiah."
We simply cannot know, but what we do know is just this: Andrew spent time
“I always thought the least pretty much got what they deserve. I avoid them.”
If we try to figure this man out ahead of time, we never really will. He makes no logical sense. Our conventional sensibilities are outraged.
We use mainly our eyes and ears to perceive the world around us. If we only use our eyes and ears to perceive to Jesus he will remain merely as an object of curiosity; someone that interests us, an unusual character with whom we are intrigued, but nothing more than that. He invites us to step beyond our curiosity, step beyond casual interest and spend some time with him. "Come and see," he says to you and me. It’s an invitation to get to know Jesus.
"Love your enemies," he says. Not sure we can do that. But perhaps if we get to know the one who said it, the one who died on the cross for his enemies - for you and me - maybe something will happen to us. Perhaps we will begin to perceive with more than our eyes and ears, and our filters everything is processed through. Perhaps we will begin to see him with the eyes of the heart – the eyes of