The Image of God.

I was reading a book about a woman's childhood. Her parents were not believers. Her father rose high in the academic world. They had money and status. But as the years went by they became more and more unhappy and turned to drinking liquor every night. They both died alcoholics.

I thought about her parents and felt so sorry for them. They had all this world could give, but of course it wasn't enough to make them happy. It never is. Satan tells us money, power and status will fulfill us but that is a lie. What a waste and what a tragedy to live without God. How can anyone find peace and hope without Him?

I saw a scientist on TV tonight talking about humans leaving planet Earth and going to make new worlds by terraforming:

Terraforming (literally, "Earth-shaping") of a planet, moon, or other body is the hypothetical process of deliberately modifying its atmosphere, temperature, surface topography or ecology to be similar to the biosphere of Earth to make it habitable by humans.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terraforming

This scientist said, "We will go out and make other worlds after our own image."  Our image - not God's. I don't know if he was quoting the Bible, but I think he was - comparing us with God making this earth. Well, we haven't done such a great job here so I don't think we would do such a great job with another world. What image did those parents leave with their children?

We were originally made in the image of God, but when we fell that image was broken. Now, if we want to see the image of God we can look to Jesus and how he lived.

"The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God." 2 Corinthians 4:4