“Who are you?” said the Caterpillar.
I am but a branch that is growing.
Genesis gives Christianity one of its most mysterious claims: Imago Dei, the image of God.
“So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.”Genesis 1:27
The face before you bears the same image of God you claim for yourself.
When Jesus says, “love your neighbor as yourself,” the command turns the self outward. He places it beside the first and greatest commandment: to love God with all your heart, soul, and mind and says the second is like the first.
The movement of Christian love is upward toward God and outward toward another.
Perhaps that is the mystery of the branch; it does not create its own life. It receives, grows from what it has been given, and reaches outward.
We cannot reach everyone. We can reach someone.
What does your world experience because you are here?
Become a force for good within your reach.