Then God said, ‘Let us make human beings in our image, to be like us. Then the Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground. He breathed the breath of life into the man’s nostrils, and the man became a living person.
Genesis 1:26a, 2:7, NLT
From the dust of the ground, earth, dirt, clay. Imagine God, like a Master Potter using His most exquisite skill, forming in His own image, the first ever human being! All of us, then, are intricately shaped by the hands of God! Having chosen us to be reflections of His image, it is an unspeakable privilege and responsibility for us to live in such a way as to not mar that divine imprint, that Divine image.
- Jeremiah 18:1-4 – Not discarded, ______________________________________
- Psalm 40:1,2 – Not left to wallow in ourselves, __________________________
- Isaiah 64:5-8 – Not disowned, _________________________________________
- 2 Corinthians 4:6,7 – Not the light, _____________________________________