Saturday, May 13, 2023

IN HIS IMAGE=IN HIS LIKENESS

 









IN HIS IMAGE=AND=

IN HIS LIKENESS (GOD'S POWER)


We are ALL made

IN the image =and the likeness

Of God


And SINCE we are made

In HIS IMAGE=and

In his likeness


We all have

The CAPACITY to contribute

To GOD'S KINGDOM


“You will receive POWER

When the HOLY SPIRIT

Comes upon you........”                                                                                                  Acts 1:8


GOD'S kingdom is FULL of paradoxes-

And is full of BEAUTY

And since=we are MADE

IN his image

And in his likeness


We have the GOD-GIVEN POWER

To serve=to do GOOD=

For others-

And to LOVE OUR NEIGHBORS


But first we must

ADMIT to ourselves

That all of our POWER


ALL of our CAPACITY to serve others

COMES from God


We MUST admit to ourselves

That we are powerless

And BECAUSE we are MADE

In his image and likeness


OUR POWER-depends

On the GRACE of God


“Then God said:

'Let us make MANKIND

In our image

In our likeness


So that they may RULE

OVER the fish and the sea

And the birds in the SKY

….......'”                                                                                                                        Genesis 1:26


“So GOD CREATED mankind

In his OWN IMAGE-


In the image of God

He created them


Male and female-he CREATED THEM”                                                                               Genesis 1:27


All of our power=COMES

From God


Because we are MADE

In his image=and=

In his likeness


GOD is with us=and-

ALWAYS working through us


And because we are

In HIS image and likeness

We must=GET TO WORK


So that ALL PEOPLE

May KNOW GOD'S LOVE


So that EVERYONE in this world

MAY get to know=

The BEAUTY of GOD'S power 

And LOVE=in their lives


“ONE thing-

I ask from the Lord

This ONLY-do I seek


That I may DWELL

In the house-of the Lord

All the DAYS

Of my life


To gaze on

The BEAUTY of the Lord


And to seek him

In his temple”                                                                                                                   Psalm 27:4


“YOUR beauty

Should NOT come

From outward adorning-


Such as elaborate hairstyles

And the wearing

Of gold jewelry-or fine clothing


RATHER it should be that

Of your INNER SELF


The UNFADING BEAUTY-

Of a GENTLE AND QUIET spirit

Which is=OF GREAT WORTH

In GOD'S SIGHT”                                                                                                          1 Peter 3:3-4


My friends=you were MADE

In the IMAGE AND LIKENESS

Of God


You were MADE out of

The LOVE OF GOD-

And because of HIS POWER 


You will LIVE FOREVER AND EVER=

In Jesus' name


Robert P. Wallman

5-25-17 and 5-13-2023



Ps         INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Sr. Julia Walsh, F.S.P.A.



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