God spoke the physical universe into existence, and in so doing, he also established the way it would work. In the final stages of his creation, he made man and woman to help with the execution of the plan. He gave them the skills to cultivate plants and raise livestock. He gave them a brain to think and to know, and a heart to feel and to love. He made them in his own image - with one exception - He did not give them the power to determine right and wrong. But He did give them the power to choose right and wrong. And regrettably, choosing wrong seemed to be much easier than doing what was right. The mistakes compounded for centuries until God's plan proceeded into its most important phase. God allowed his only son to be born into the world so that He could demonstrate to us what God intended. Jesus showed us how to love by serving others, not by making ourselves our own idols. God then allowed his son to die a brutal death on the cross, and in so doing, bear the cost of all of our past sins and all of our sins to come. I want to be God's image more clearly today.
