it seems that lately, i'm on a Genesis kick. :)
i was talking to a friend one night about how God made Adam wait for Eve and gave him the job of naming the animals when the full weight of the responsibility hit me. as an artist, i usually name my works. and it bugs me when people get the name wrong. what baffles me is that God would make all these fantastic creatures and then let Adam name them! like, what if Adam called it a giraffe when God himself would have named it a dimiatee? the fact that God let Adam name his animals speaks volumes about the amount of trust that God has in us. this is how much God values his people!
similarly, i wonder God has His own set of names for us people? like Jacob, God renamed Israel. i wonder if God privately thinks of us in terms of names other than the ones our parents named us?
i guess i'll have to wait till heaven to find that one out. :p
How vast is the sum of them!
~Psalm 139:17~
5 comments:
very cool olive :)
thanks for your encouragements..last night was awesome!
I think God not only has tremendous trust in us, He also greatly empowers us and blesses us with tons of wisdom. It's not easy to come up with all those different names. I don't think I can come up with a hundred new names if God does not help me.
babyfootprints
i think God did give us alot of responsibility, more than we imagine. yet at the same time, even with the amount of responsibilty we have, we aren't able to mess up God's plans.
sometimes i think that fact trivializes the responsiblity we have, but more of the time i'm relieved due to the numerous times i've messed things up
Olly, just posting to say hi and thank you for your insight and wisdom. I had fun seeing you. Blessings with your support raising etc.
nice...i've been gaining huge insights through genesis as well..from reading madeleine l'engle's 'genesis trilogy'. very enlightening.
with great responsibility must come the great power that brings on that responsibility, as can be seen in 'decision making and the will of god' =P
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