WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE CREATED IN GOD'S IMAGE?

Today's promise: We are created in His image

What does it mean to be created in God's image?

My heart overflows with a beautiful thought! I will recite a lovely poem to the king, for my tongue is like the pen of a skillful poet.

Psalm 45:1 NLT

About this week's promise

Why does an artist paint, a musician play, or an author write? Because they are overflowing with ideas and must express them. Creativity is the overflow of a full heart and mind. But sometimes we're empty — or full of the wrong material. How can we be full of the beauty that will spill out in wonderful visions, sounds, words and movements? Take time to know God — the author of all creativity. Take time to soak up all that is beautiful. Take time to think. As your inner wells fill up, you can be sure that the creativity will soon be flowing out of your life in productive ways.

adapted from TouchPoint Bible with devotional commentary by Ron Beers and Gilbert Beers, Tyndale House Publishers (1996), p 492

Digging Deeper

For more on this week's promise, see Delight in Your Child's Design by Laurie Winslow Sargent, Tyndale House Publishers (2005)

Laurie Winslow Sargent will help you identify and appreciate your child’s unique, God-given temperament and abilities. Her tips on relating to your child — no matter how much alike or different from you he or she is — will increase your confidence. And Laurie offers many practical suggestions that will inspire you to show affection and appreciation in ways most meaningful to you and your child.

No philosophical theory which I have yet come across is a radical improvement on the words of Genesis, that "in the beginning God made Heaven and Earth."

C S LEWIS (Miracles)

Content is derived from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation and other publications of Tyndale Publishing House