You Remind Me Of…

Have you ever been told that you’re like someone else, someone you admire and respect, someone you’d love to be like? I had that experience many times while growing up. My family and I were members of Hollywood Presbyterian Church, where my Uncle Don was one of the pastors. People in the church would tell me I looked like Don, sounded like Don, and acted like Don. I took that as a supreme compliment because I thought my Uncle Don was just about the coolest person in the world. The notion that I was like Don delighted me and encouraged me to aspire to live a fruitful life for the kingdom, just as Don was doing.

Genesis 1 tells us that we are not just like some awesome person but like God. Before creating human beings, God says, “Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness” (1:26). Then God does this very thing (1:27). Human beings are like God in a unique way, unlike any other created thing.