Image is Everything
(audio version)
Read: 1 Corinthians 15:41-49
As the leaves begin to emerge, I think that God doesn't have to direct each tree about putting out leaves, or to look like previous elms, maples, oaks, etc. They all become the image of previous elms, maples, oaks, etc.
The same is true for birds. Cardinals grow to the image of cardinals, orioles the image of orioles and so forth. Not so with dogs! A single litter of labs can have yellow, chocolate, and black pups. It seems people have variety as well.
People are made in the image of God so what is God's image? Shaq is a little over seven feet tall and my wife Shirley was a little over five feet tall, and people come in a variety of colors in addition to overall shape.
I like to say "Image is everything." Maybe we can all be in God's image because God is everything!
Jack van Becelaere
(audio version)
Read: 1 Corinthians 15:41-49
As the leaves begin to emerge, I think that God doesn't have to direct each tree about putting out leaves, or to look like previous elms, maples, oaks, etc. They all become the image of previous elms, maples, oaks, etc.
The same is true for birds. Cardinals grow to the image of cardinals, orioles the image of orioles and so forth. Not so with dogs! A single litter of labs can have yellow, chocolate, and black pups. It seems people have variety as well.
People are made in the image of God so what is God's image? Shaq is a little over seven feet tall and my wife Shirley was a little over five feet tall, and people come in a variety of colors in addition to overall shape.
I like to say "Image is everything." Maybe we can all be in God's image because God is everything!
Jack van Becelaere
Angels and Saints
Read: Hebrews 13:1, 16, 20-21
Did you ever notice in a mirror – Left is Right and Right is Left – but Up is always Up and Down is always Down? It's a bit like – Heaven is always up, Hell is always down, and in between is here on Earth, where things are often mixed up. We have free will and we also know "Thy will be done." One of the things that has us mixed up is that there is evil in the world and, it follows, evildoers. There also are "saints" and "angels" which come in many forms and, of course, without wings.
Being "wingless" means we tell who are the "good guys" by actions and words. I am thankful I live among angels and saints. While I haven't met them all, I have had contact with some.
Jack van Becelaere
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