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When you read the Biblical narrative and you begin where it begins, you see that we are created in the Image of God.  Humanity was intended to bear the image of the God of the Universe. We are little Image-bearers. Our essential sin is narcissism. We didn’t don’t trust the Image. We don’t trust the one who’s image we are made in. We think we can do it better. We doubt his goodness and choose a different path. This makes us broken image-bearers. The rest of the Bible, then, is about restoring the Image.  Along the way we learn lots of things… that we can’t do it ourselves, because we will continuously choose our image over God’s… that God is relentless in his pursuit of restoring the image… that our distortion culminates in a whole lot of distortion and messiness. In a creation that was intended to reflect the creator, the image-bearers hijacked the plan and now that good Creation is a rather disastrous reflection of the broken image-bearers. Thankfully, that’s not the end of the story. Jesus steps in to show that the God-given image will ultimately triumph. And those of us who seek Jesus seek that triumph. We have agreed that it’s the best possible way to live—to trust Jesus for the restoration of our Image and surrender our control over the broken image we inherited.  That’s the story that I hope informs your story.  May your life and mine reflect that reality.

When you read the Biblical narrative and you begin where it begins, you see that we are created in the Image of God. 

Humanity was intended to bear the image of the God of the Universe.

We are little Image-bearers.

Our essential sin is narcissism.

We didn’t don’t trust the Image. We don’t trust the one who’s image we are made in.

We think we can do it better.

We doubt his goodness and choose a different path.

This makes us broken image-bearers.

The rest of the Bible, then, is about restoring the Image. 

Along the way we learn lots of things…

that we can’t do it ourselves, because we will continuously choose our image over God’s…

that God is relentless in his pursuit of restoring the image…

that our distortion culminates in a whole lot of distortion and messiness.

In a creation that was intended to reflect the creator, the image-bearers hijacked the plan and now that good Creation is a rather disastrous reflection of the broken image-bearers.

Thankfully, that’s not the end of the story.

Jesus steps in to show that the God-given image will ultimately triumph.

And those of us who seek Jesus seek that triumph. We have agreed that it’s the best possible way to live—to trust Jesus for the restoration of our Image and surrender our control over the broken image we inherited. 

That’s the story that I hope informs your story. 

May your life and mine reflect that reality.