Life as a Christian Woman

²⁷ 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

Dear God, I love you so much. Thank you for making me so fantastic.

Emi, during nightly prayers.

If I were to ask you to describe yourself, how would you begin? Too short? Overweight? Curly hair that you wish were straight?

The fact is that we are never satisfied with ourselves. We are constantly looking to change things, to improve parts of us. And when we do run across that rare person who is secure in her own skin, we wonder to ourselves, “What makes her think she is so great?”

So I was taken aback tonight when my little girl opened her nightly prayer by thanking God for making her so fantastic. I made a mental note to talk to her about it. But then I remembered the verse from Genesis, how we are all made in God’s own image.

Pretty fantastic.

We were not rushed down an assembly line. We are not mass produced. Each of us is unique, yet we are all made by Him, in His image. He knitted us together in our mother’s womb (Psalm 139:13). There is no part of us that God didn’t have a hand in making, yet we are so quick to criticize ourselves and list our shortcomings.

True, we aren’t perfect. But we are His creation! That is no small thing.

In fact, it’s pretty fantastic.

To quote the old Almond Joy commercial, sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don’t.

Today, I feel like quite the nut!

So, today I thought I would simply pass along a joke that made it’s way to me via a friend. While the story may not be true (I checked!), it’s still timely.

Enjoy the laugh!

In Florida, an atheist created a case against the upcoming Easter and Passover Holy days. He hired an attorney to bring a discrimination case against Christians and Jews and observances of their holy days. The argument was that it was unfair that atheists had no such recognized days.

The case was brought before a judge. After listening to the passionate presentation by the lawyer, the judge banged his gavel.

“Case dismissed!” he bellowed.

The lawyer immediately stood to object, saying “Your Honor, how can you possibly dismiss this case? The Christians have Christmas and Easter. The Jews have Passover, Yom Kippur and Hanukkah. Yet my client, and others like him, have no such holidays!”

The judge leaned forward in his chair.

“But you do,” the judge said. “Your client is woefully uninformed.”

The lawer said, “Your Honor, we are unaware of any special observance or holiday for atheists.”

The judge said, “The calendar says that April 1st is April Fool’s Day. Psalm 14:1 states ‘The fool says in his heart, there is no God.’ Thus, it is the opinion of this court that if you client says there is no God, he is a fool. Therefore, April 1st is his day.”

Court adjourned!