Tuesday, June 19, 2012

So God created mankind.... Gen. 1:27

So God created mankind.... Gen. 1:27

I created this picture using a program new to me. So this is the first very basic image, my first creation of a "man". In case you wonder, the head is towards the sky, the highest part is an arm. Or should be.
Of course, God is almighty, but did he think on how to do this? I wondered while trying so hard and yet failing again and again. Would God love to try and find new forms and give them new names? Enjoying his creation, knowing it is perfect for what it is at that point?
Is that a very disrespectful train of thought? It is not to me, I assure you.

On the other hand this picture reminds me of the fall. When man fell, he didn't even know what falling was and when he found out, it was unpleasant, it was too late. Many good things get lost that way. Falling is a very nasty feeling. At least if there is no parachute to stop the fall. How many things we do, whose consequences we cannot understand, maybe until it is way too late?

And - another shocking thought - after God had created man, even though he knew all that would be, was it hard on him when man turned his back and said: I don't want you, I don't need you? That temptation is so typically mankind. So God created mankind.... Gen. 1:27

 Do you think he ever regretted having done so? It cost him a high price. Do you ever regret something, whose consequences were a deep fall?

Saturday, June 16, 2012

Proverbs 20:15 Gold there is, and rubies in abundance, but lips that speak knowledge are a rare jewel.



Jewels are talked about in two ways mainly in the bible: The one is very positive, where the bride will adorn herself with jewels to please her bridegroom. 


The other is more sinister:They will also strip you of your clothes and take your fine jewelry. Ezekiel spoke that to the people of Israel after it had abandonned the Lord. He predicted complete ruin for those, who had found grace but rejected it.


Many have lusted for fine jewels, for possessions, for gold. They made riches their idol and paid a high price for it. Riches again have mainly two meanings: The (by Jesus despised) riches of this world, and the riches of God's world. Of his kingdom. 


How many today have found jewels of wisdom? Or spend a lot of time searching for the jewels knowledge, for the riches of God? Or have so many, that they are able to give away some?


I think it is, what makes someone like Indiana Jones so popular. We all crave riches. But there is little time. Just whose? Which ones are you searching for? Which ones seem more desirable to you?