We hope for healing in this life and expect it in the next.
Tag: imago dei
Our individual yet collective quarantine has scarred us deeply. We’ve emerged from our couches and houses even more inward-focused. The Non-Playable-Character paradigm has filtered in to real life. Our increasingly narcissistic society views self as the epic-center of existence and everyone lesser as obstacles to the main objective: leveling up.
The refining process is not about adding value as much as it is about restoring value.
It’s hard for some to believe that God delights in us, but I’ve been a parent long enough to be convinced of this truth. I delight in my kids. I enjoy their presence, their personality, their affection, their interests, their accomplishments, their perspective. Even when they are being ugly, I’m able to remember who they truly are.
We rarely recognize today as the good old day that we’ll long to return to.
“Whoever governs fairly and well, who rules in the fear of God is like finest light at daybreak without a cloud in the sky…” (2 Samuel 23:3-4 MSG) We spent the first few months with our new youth group talking about imago dei and our…
“God told Jeremiah, “Up on your feet! Go to the potter’s house. When you get there, I’ll tell you what I have to say.” (Jeremiah 18:1-2 MSG) I love that the book of Jeremiah is included in the Old Testament canon. Why do I say…