Greetings Dear Reader,
As I reach the mid-point of
my thinking on this issue I wonder about the “so what” of it all. I began in the middle. Starting at the begging would take a long time
to get to the end. The question that
matters at this point is what I must address. What does it matter that we are
created in and carry an echo of God’s image?
Literally billions of people do not believe the same things that I
do. There was an immature time in my
journey toward God that I would have been both dismissive and disrespectful of
this. I do not know how to answer the
obvious arrogance of my beliefs. I do
know that I believe them and that the only proper way to communicate them is
through love and grace.
The Imago Dei in all of man
matters because it is to that image that I must appeal. It is to that spark that I must give my love,
respect, and acceptance. We all cloud
that image with trappings that are our attempts to escape the responsibility
for our obligation to seek out God. We
belong to God. He created us and calls
us back to himself. He has put his image
in us as a loadstone and compass all in one.
It is our need and duty to
seek God out. I wish to transition the
conversation on this to the idea that those of us who follow Christ also have a
unique image of God to respond to in our journey. The “so what” of all of this is that we are
all on a journey to God whether we accept that our not. In his love for us God gives us the
opportunity to know him before we get there.
The map to God, the thing that draws us along the path, and the guide
along the way are all provided by God for us.
All we need to do is read, respond, and follow.
Wishing you joy in the
journey,
Aramis Thorn
Mat 13:52 So Jesus said to
them, "That is why every writer who has become a disciple of Christ’s rule
of the universe is like a home owner. He liberally hands out new and old things
from his great treasure store."
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