The Divine Image Within

~~~ Genesis 1:20-2:4a ~~~ Psalm 8 ~~~ Mark 7:1-13 ~~~

"...God created man in his image;
in the divine image he created him;
male and female he created them...."

We have a tendency to forget this verse contained in the book of Genesis.

So many times it seems we get this backwards.

We were created in his divine image.

If you think about being created in his divine image;

how can you be anything but humbled.

God created us in his image and then gave us

the rights to care for the rest of his creations.

Sometimes I wonder how well we have carried out that directive from God.

God certainly could have made a different scenario.

He gave us the means to provide food and shelter for ourselves

using what he had provided for us.

But I want to return to the first few words in this verse...

God created man in his image.

Too many times we act like God created himself in our image.

We have this tendency to try and confine God within our human parameters.

We have been created in the image of God so that we can better love him.

Both man and woman was created in this image of God.

So it is unlikely that we can take this in the literal context.

It is not so much about the physical appearance of God.

It is more the spiritual makeup of God that we should focus our attention.

We have a part of God inside of us...

our soul.

We live and move and have our being in God.

He is what gives this physical body what we call life.

Every breath we take is a result of the divine living within us.

If we truly recognize the divine living within us;

how is it that our hearts far from God himself.

How can we just turn away and ignore?

As we begin Lent this year make a promise to yourself to pray

each day for the grace to be more aware of the divine presence within your own heart.

If we can become more conscious of our connection to the divine

I think we will make better choices, more loving choices.

May you each be blessed by the presence of the divine inside.

"...God created man in his image;
in the divine image he created him;
male and female he created them...."