A Moment With Scripture

Reflections on THE WORD

About the Author…

Born in 1958, Pacheco, CA
66 years old as of the setting up of this Blog. Was “called” to share my understanding of the world through the lens of Scripture. I have been a Pastor, though not now. I have been a Confessor, though not now. I have been a Preacher, though not now. I have been a teacher, though not now. I am a student; I am a prayer; I am a Christian; I am a Pilgrim on a Divine Journey; and I humbly invite you to join me as we share A Moment With Scripture.

Matthew

The Creation of Man

So let’s start at the beginning…. (Genesis 1:26-27)

Then God said: Let us make human beings in our image, after our likeness. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the tame animals, all the wild animals, and all the creatures that crawl on the earth. 27 God created mankind in his image;  in the image of God he created them; male and female[f] he created them.

From the first narrative of God’s Creation I have been taught and witness in so many ways the greatness of creation. Man, the pinnacle of God’s creation. created in his own image. And when he had finished he looked out over everything he had made and declared… It is very good – the 6th day.

You and I are that creation. A popular saying when I was a teenager, when so many of us were dealing with questions of self image, was “God doesn’t make junk” The Psalmist put it this way; “When I consider your heaves, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, and a son of man that you care for him? Yet you have made him little less than the angels; and crowned him with glory and honor. (Psalm 8:3-5)

The first creation narrative shows that God had a plan from the very beginning. Everything was made at the proper time and in the proper order. How does God feel about us? We are his finest creation because he created us in is own likeness and image. Now obviously the author of Genesis is speaking poetically. And the second narrative of creation says it differently. I encourage you to read Chapter 2 own your own. However, I would like to share a retelling of that story I once heard that has stayed with me.

When God went to create man, he went to a spring that sprung from the earth he has created. He knelt down and gently reached through the water to pick up a hand full of clay. As he pulled the clay from the earth he saw his own reflection in the water, and as the clay broke from the water, God’s reflection stayed in the clay. This repeated time and time again as God created us from the clay. And when he looked at what he had created, he saw himself. Then he breathed life into us.

Is it any wonder that God loves us. For when God looks at us, he looks past everything about us and only sees his reflection. And it is good. How much does God love us… “God so love the world that he send his only begotten son into the world, so that whoever believes in him would not perish, but have eternal life. (John 3:16)

My Prayer for us today is that each of us experience the immense love that God has for us. This love will change our lives if we let it. Amen.