Eyes of a Child

It’s been a while since I have written or posted anything, and during this time our boys have grown like crazy.  Eli is now 3 and a half years old, and Silas is over 1 and a half.  Where has the time gone?  It is like we blinked and now they are both full speed ahead.  As I sit here this morning and think about both of them, I can’t help but notice the differences in them.  And I praise God for each of them being their own unique creations.

Let me explain.  Eli hardly eats anything, Silas will try everything.  Eli is scared of loud sounds, Silas seems to love noise and making as much sound as he possibly can,  Eli is skin and bones, while Silas is going to be more of our bruiser.   Eli is more of an intorvert, while Silas seems to be are outgoing one.

Even at this young age you can see the complete differences in them.  Lindsey and I will both laugh at times as we talk about them and joke with each other saying, “Oh he definitely got that trait from you.”  As we watch our kids grow we truly can see each of us in both of them.

“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 ‭NIV

For some reason this morning though it has me thinking about how unique every single person who has breath in their lungs goes back to the image of God.  All unique, with all our own chracateristics, yet all in his image.  So I have to ask this question?  If we believe we are made in the image of God, why do we try and conform to the image of everyone else.  God made you different, be different.  Embrace your uniqueness.  Celebrate the qualties He has given you.  Be you.  There is no one else like you.  Check out this verse.

“He brought us to life using the true Word, showing us off as the crown of all his creatures.”  James‬ ‭1:16-18‬ MSG‬‬

In my simple mind, my simple translation I read this.  Each of my kids, my wife, me, and yes even every single one of you reading this, are God’s masterpiece.  The crown of all his creatures.  Did you catch that?  I believe He broke the mold with every single person.  Each of us has his characteristics.  All the same, made in His image, yet all different.  Unique.  Individual.  Perfect.  Will you embrace that?  When you look in the mirror, do you celebrate who God has made you to be?  David celebrated this is Psalms 139 and I will finish my thought with these words.

“Oh yes, you shaped me first inside, then out; you formed me in my mother’s womb. I thank you, High God—you’re breathtaking! Body and soul, I am marvelously made! I worship in adoration—what a creation! You know me inside and out, you know every bone in my body; You know exactly how I was made, bit by bit, how I was sculpted from nothing into something. Like an open book, you watched me grow from conception to birth; all the stages of my life were spread out before you, The days of my life all prepared before I’d even lived one day.”  ‭‭Psalm‬ ‭139:13-16‬ ‭MSG‬‬

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