God's image and likeness

I am attending Word@Work at ISACC. I encourage all to attend it. It's a great class! We began last Saturday, but it's not too late to join in. Here's the deets:

Something new learned were the original Hebrew for the phrases "made in God's image" and "in God's likeness" repeated in Genesis 5. "When God created humans, He made them in His own likeness."

In God's image means spitting image, carbon copy, exact replica, mirror image. And in God's likeness means showing undisputable family resemblance. Ha! So the next time I am tempted to treat my neighbor with less respect and dignity, I need to remember that all humans were created in God's image, and I better think twice about my attitude.

I wonder what Enoch did to have had such a close and intimate relationship with God. But that is the wrong question. I can make an entire religion out of the answers I would devise for that question. What Enoch and God had was their own special thing. But I can develop my own close and intimate relationship with God--the Rico and God way. For me, it's always prayer in the form of writing, and acting on stage. It is the practice of the gifts He has given me. What's yours?

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