Tundra, Glacier and Juneau sit atop a white furry rug tucked into an
old fashioned red baby sleigh. These beautiful Inuit babies, all snug in
their beaded, fur trimmed parkas, pants and boots look and feel just
like the real thing even though they are only dolls. Designed and
handmade by an artist from Alaska they radiate pride of workmanship,
love and skill. Each one is so uniquely different from the other, yet so
much alike with their liquid brown eyes, tawny skin and thick black
hair. What a wonderful gift to be able to create such lifelike models of
the real thing, what a feeling of fulfillment and joy each one must have
brought to the heart of their craftsman.
As I look at these three
dolls I am reminded of the fact that each and every one of us is a
miracle. A miracle meant to radiate the pride of workmanship, love and
skill emanating from the likeness of God within us. I am awed by the
thought of how God must have felt when he created the first man and
woman, and how he must rejoice and be glad beyond compare each and every
time a new baby is conceived, carried to term and birthed. For he who
created our inmost being, he who knit us together in our mother's womb,
he who viewed our frame when we were being made in the secret place, he
is the one who loves us more than life itself.
Therefore should
it not make sense that when we who are created by the Lord God of all
creation, choose to accept and love ourselves for the wonderful miracle
which we are, should this not be one of the greatest praises of all
which we can offer up to our heavenly Father? And yet how often do we
despise our humanity, our failures, our bodies, our minds, our
personalities and our genetic make-up? How often do we forget that it
was for this our Saviour died; for fallen, fragile, yet still gloriously
god-like humanity?
Today we each have a brand new opportunity to
share in a miracle: the miracle of the creation of us. We have a fresh
start to offer God the highest of praises as we choose to embrace the
joy He feels in each and every one of us, with whom He shares his life
giving breath. Yes, today we get another chance to praise or reject the
workmanship of our creator's hand. Let us choose wisely.
Prayer:
Father God how fearfully and wonderfully made we are and for this we
give you thanks and praise. Grant us joy in the life you have breathed
into us, that we might in loving both You and ourselves learn to love
our neighbours with increasingly Christ like fervour. In the wonderful
name of Jesus we pray. Amen.
Lynne Phipps Atlin BC
lynnephipps@PROTECTED
The Miracle
Today's Bible Verse:
Genesis 1:27 "So God created man in his own image, in the image of
God he created him; male and female he created them."
The Miracle
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