dailydatewithgod

The Hebrew scriptures says men and women are made in the image of God. The magnitude of importance that each of us carries as being the reflection of God to the world is immense.  It is almost too overwhelming.  This can cause people to have misconstrued ideas about what or who God is.  It also accounts for the trouble we get ourselves in when we turn people into gods.  Doing so demeans our value not to mention placing unfair burden on other people.  An image is a reflection of the reality.  It is not the reality itself.  We have the capacity to reflect God to ourselves and each other but the fact that we fall short in doing so reminds us of our humanity.  It is not a failing of our potential or capacity, it is a way to remember we are one of many.  The humility to recognize and own being an image of God becomes a heart-felt decision to share the message of love with all the other images of God.  When we lose sight of our reflection, we can look to others who are able to reflect it back to us in the moment.  It is an ever flowing exchange of opportunity for love to grow and be shared among all.  We have not failed because we lost connection with our reflection.  We stumble and fall, our reflection gets cloudy and blurry, but we do not cease being a reflection of love.  What we need in that moment is to be reminded by others. God is ready to open us up to all the other reflections around us if we want to see them.  We get snagged when we decide ahead of time that certain people or situations could not possibly reflect love. It closes us off to the possibilities of witnessing love’s reflection God has in mind for us.  God encourages us to look around and remember.