![]() ![]() Now think about the people you have run across today. Some may have been very refined, educated, deeply spiritual, thoughtful, full of the fire of God, reflecting the brilliance of Christian faith. But others may have been pretty ordinary; pretty non-exceptional. And some may have even been pretty rough, even ugly – both in appearance and disposition. Yet like the diamond, within them is the value that came from the image of God when He first imagined them in His boundless love. Perhaps not all polished and brilliant, but valuable still. Not because of the fire they exude or the brilliance they reflect, but because of the innate value that comes with being a child of God imprinted with His image. The journey of salvation is the journey by which that rough, unremarkable stone is turned into a brilliant jewel that flashes with the fire of God in drawing others to Him. It is the image in us that can be restored to the beauty of God’s holy nature and becomes magnetic to others. Of course it begins with the willing submission of the heart of stone to the hand of the Master who forms it, molds it, and remakes it into a heart that reflects His own holy nature. Thanks be to God for the joy of salvation on the path of reflecting Christ in all His holiness. ![]() Kevin Mannoia ................................................[For previous articles, click here] |