You Look Like God!

Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in Our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.  So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him;  male and female He created them.

God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number;  fill the earth and subdue it.  Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground."

Then God said "I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it.  They will be yours for food.  And to all the beasts of the  earth and all the birds of the air and all the creatures that move on the ground--everything that has the breath of life in it--I give every green plant for food."  And it was so.

God saw all that he had made, and it was very good.  And there was evening and there was morning--the sixth day.  (Genesis 1:26-31)

A mother tends to define herself most easily in terms of externals.  I am what I do.  I am what others need me to be.  I am what I accomplish.

While these descriptions are true, they are incomplete.  They overlook the vital fact that we are made, inside and out, by God.  We are shaped after His image.

When we gaze into the mirror of God's Word, we find that God has stamped on our being a reflection of His character, His essence, His being.  That is not to say we are mini-gods in any sense.  But just as children reflect the physical, mental and personality traits of their parents and even adopted children share the mannerisms and habits of their adopted families, so we who are fashioned by God manifest elements of His character in our beings.

Who are you, Mom?  You are a unique being fashioned after the God of the universe--inside and out!