Who's That in the Mirror?

Hi Everyone,

We recently enjoyed a few days on the Sunshine Coast at the State ACC Conference.  It was a great week in every way possible.  Great place (Mooloolaba & Buderim), great worship, great ministry and great friends.  There is a lot of networking that goes on, both rekindling of old friendships and forming of new ones.

Have you ever heard that saying that the older you get, you get to see your mum in the mirror?...

Well I had the most brief but beautiful moment.  As I was walking out of the auditorium I walked past a man who knows my parents well.  They spent time together in Papua New Guinea years ago.  The first second he looked at me there was no recognition, and then it was as if the image of my mother in me put two and two together in his mind and he said a quick hello with a smile.

Recognition by connection with my mother.

This is the point.  The fact that I bear the image of my mother in such a way that people who really don't know me, connect her to me in their thinking brought me enourmous pride and comfort.

Then I got to thinking... we are image bearers of God "Then God said, “Let us make human beings in our image, to be like us" (Gen 1:26 NLT)  We are created in His image.  When we go through our lives we should be able to draw confidence and comfort from the fact that we are no mere accident of evolution, we bear HIS image!!

Secondly, we are called to be like Jesus.  "For God knew his people in advance, and he chose them to become like his Son, so that his Son would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters." (Romans 8:29 NLT)

"But thank God! He has made us his captives and continues to lead us along in Christ’s triumphal procession. Now he uses us to spread the knowledge of Christ everywhere, like a sweet perfume. Our lives are a Christ-like fragrance rising up to God. But this fragrance is perceived differently by those who are being saved and by those who are perishing.  To those who are perishing, we are a dreadful smell of death and doom. But to those who are being saved, we are a life-giving perfume. And who is adequate for such a task as this?"  (2 Corinthians 2:14-16 NLT )

What a delightful thought, that everywhere we go we carry His image and His fragrance.  I want to be more and more  like Him, because I want everyone who meets me to recognise Him. 

Until next time,
Blessings,
Lynda