Ministry theme verse...
"And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit." 2 Corinthians 3:18
It’s said that, ‘Beauty is in the eye of the beholder’. Out of all of God’s creation, mankind is the only made in the ‘Image’ of God, and created to have fellowship with Him as
well as to rule over and subdue the earth (Genesis 1:26-28). In Zechariah 2:8 and Ephesians 2:10, we are called ‘His workmanship’. Truly, He made Adam and Eve in his very own image, and it’s fair to say that in that moment, He thought they were the most beautiful of all of His creation. Shortly thereafter, however, set in a place of perfection, given the free will to chose to love and serve God, they chose to disobey and in came Sin. Sin corrupts beautiful. Since that infamous fall, the goal for us all individually, is to accept God’s provision of His sinless Son’s, Jesus Christ, death and resurrection as payment for our sins so that we can once again have the ability of ‘reflecting the image of God’. This makes for the way back to unhindered relationship with Him. When we offer our lives to God and receive Christ, God sends His Holy Spirit to live inside us. He enables us grow in holiness. God in His Sovereignty is overseeing our lives. Certainly, as Hebrews 12:2 says, ‘Jesus is the author and finisher of our faith’, yet just as the pattern of Adam & Eve, we must choose to daily submit to Him in faith. Subsequently, as we act in faith each day of the journey~ through the ups, downs, rocky places, curves and mountain tops~ He is weaving a beautiful tapestry… The masterpiece of our life. His goal with us on this journey is, just as it was in the garden before the fall, that we will grow to reflect His image- His thoughts, His actions, His values. God knows very well that, although very difficult in this fallen world, with us having been made alive by redemption in Christ and being filled with His Holy Spirit, we have the ability. He believes in us. In our darkest days, He can be heard in the corner of our souls cheering us on to the finish line when our faith will be made sight. The time when it’s all been and said and done and we see where every thread just fit in this grand piece of art that the Master Artist is weaving of our lives. It’s our common journey to reflect Him completely~ A Journey to Beautiful.
