My favorite thing about humans: our emotions. I mean, we have so many! And we cannot help but share them. Even the people who are stone-faced all the time share emotion sometimes. It's great! Well, sometimes the emotions can hurt. Whether it's acting out of rage at a loved one, or making a tough decision with stress being the deciding factor. Either way, aside form love, emotions are some of the most powerful powers we have.
God made Us in His image. Whether or not that's physical image or spiritual image or emotional image, He made Us in His image.
Our society likes to keep in mind the lesser qualities in us humans. The server is so rude. No tip for them. Jeez, this cashier woke up on the wrong side of the bed. Man oh man, how could someone so loyal betray him like that? One slip, and we can end up on the bad side of a person. Sometimes, we forget how emotional we can be to let the other party have their emotion.
A commentary always happens after the daily scripture reading on The Daily Audio Bible, and one day the man who is in charge of the app was commenting on emotions. How sacred it is in other culture versus another. For instance, in ancient times, like Roman times, they would collect their tears. Collect them to be cherished and remembered. However, in our society, we wipe them away as if to try to erase the lessons we learned with that cry we just shared.
I always hear of the angry God. The God who is sad for Jesus' dying, angry at His children on Earth, and vengeful. But we too easily forget the love of this God. The care this God has for each and every one of Us. My parents get mad at me at least once a day. But how often to I hold on to that? Pretty much never. Unless they bring it back up, then I realize the issue isn't resolved and I try to fix the problem.
Anywho, I don't know what God is feeling. But I do know that I was made in the image of Him. And I know how emotional I can be. So, I can only image the depth of emotion for a God who is so specific, so incredibly caring for each of us, that He spends so much time making us His creation.
Woo!
Mary Taylor
God made Us in His image. Whether or not that's physical image or spiritual image or emotional image, He made Us in His image.
Our society likes to keep in mind the lesser qualities in us humans. The server is so rude. No tip for them. Jeez, this cashier woke up on the wrong side of the bed. Man oh man, how could someone so loyal betray him like that? One slip, and we can end up on the bad side of a person. Sometimes, we forget how emotional we can be to let the other party have their emotion.
A commentary always happens after the daily scripture reading on The Daily Audio Bible, and one day the man who is in charge of the app was commenting on emotions. How sacred it is in other culture versus another. For instance, in ancient times, like Roman times, they would collect their tears. Collect them to be cherished and remembered. However, in our society, we wipe them away as if to try to erase the lessons we learned with that cry we just shared.
I always hear of the angry God. The God who is sad for Jesus' dying, angry at His children on Earth, and vengeful. But we too easily forget the love of this God. The care this God has for each and every one of Us. My parents get mad at me at least once a day. But how often to I hold on to that? Pretty much never. Unless they bring it back up, then I realize the issue isn't resolved and I try to fix the problem.
Anywho, I don't know what God is feeling. But I do know that I was made in the image of Him. And I know how emotional I can be. So, I can only image the depth of emotion for a God who is so specific, so incredibly caring for each of us, that He spends so much time making us His creation.
Woo!
Mary Taylor
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