His Image

I am not photogenic, and quite frankly, do not care to be photographed.  There are, however, a few [literally few] pictures I actually like.  Consequently, there are a large number which have been quickly and discreetly discarded!

Do you know just how much God loves you?  More than all creation!  “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him: male and female created he them … And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good.” (Genesis 1: 27 & 31)  I fear we do not understand the priceless value of our souls to The Father.  Consider it: we were fashioned after The Creator!  There’s a problem with that handful of pictures - they no longer look like me!  Over time, the image changed much like the heart of man, once fashioned in the perfect likeness of God.  Sin changed us but God bought us back at great price. That price was in-through-by Jesus Christ.  His Son is the proof how much He loves us: no trouble too great, no humiliation too deep, no suffering too severe, no love too strong, no labor too hard, no expense too large, no price too great to redeem us.  “He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.” (2 Corinthians 5:21)  His purchase complete, The Creator looks upon His children through the shed blood of Christ, seeing redeemed souls restored to His Image.   What a visual, a splendid picture of compassion and unmerited grace … one certainly worth keeping!