Genesis 1:26-27
Mankind is Made in God's Image
26 Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”
27 So God created mankind in his own image,
in the image of God he created them;
male and female he created them.
Children of God
12 Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— 13 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.
Acts 17:24-28
God Has Marked Out Your Appointed Time on Earth, and Where You Will Live
24 “The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by human hands. 25 And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything. Rather, he himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else. 26 From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands. 27 God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us. 28 ‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’
Being called a child of God means something, and it is something very special...But that being said, there are some days when I feel insignificant and detached from the world...But I then remember that I am made in God's Image, the Image of our Creator -and one of His children...So how can I feel unimportant, if God has put me on earth at this specific time, and in this specific place...I must remember to let the Light in, and illuminate the significance of the warmth of the One who shines down on me...As I look around the world, God has created each of us differently, so no one can feel the warmth on my face the way that I do...God has put me here to feel and to do what I am doing...No one else can feel the way that I feel and do what I am doing the exact way that I am doing it...
God has given us a specific time that we are appointed on earth, and where we will live...He does this so that we might reach out to Him...We are all His offspring, children of God, created in His Image and have been given His right to be here...He has made us all different...No one will live the life that you do, no one will feel the way that you feel...You are different, because God made you different...No one can ever take that away from you...
Author and Priest Brennan Manning wrote, “LORD, when I feel that what I'm doing is insignificant and unimportant, help me to remember that everything I do is significant and important in Your eyes, because You LOVE me and You put me here, and no one else can do what I am doing in exactly the way I do it.”...