Thursday Devotional - What am I?

People were created with the need for relationships with others. We long to belong to a family, group, and community. 

The twins have figured out many of the family connections in my family, since I live near my parents and one of my sisters. One of the twins even figured out that the “Panikkars” refers to everyone in my sister’s family (aunt Jane, uncle Sean, and cousins Maria and Mark). I said “Yes, and we’re Reas!” Then, she asked: “What am I?” I told her she and her brother would be Reas just like Joe, James, Sarah and me, once we adopted them.

In Genesis 1, God created everything. What I noticed this time studying Genesis is that God said “Let there be…” or “Let the…” when He created things days 1-5, but on the 6^th day, God said “Let us make!”

Genesis 1:26-28       ²⁶ Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”

²⁷ So God created mankind in his own image,
    in the image of God he created them;
    male and female he created them.

²⁸ God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”

We were created unique from all the rest of creation! Each person was created in the image of God! We have special value and worth to God!

What am I? I’m a Rea, but most importantly I’m God’s!

I pray you feel your value and worth to God!

Alice