Who does he look like?

So God created man in His image, in the image of God created He him; male and female created He them. Genesis 1:27

Why is it when a baby is first born that as the family gathers around and looks at this new creature everyone begins to wonder, "Who does he look like?" I remember as I first gazed down at this wonderful new being that was my first grandson I tried to see charecteristics of his Mother, his Dad, and then even of the aunties or the uncles, or even as far back as me or Steve. Who does Jared look like?

Does he look like his Uncle Philip here in this picture? His Uncle Philip didn't have much hair his first year of life, and Jared didn't have much hair when he first made his appearance.

How about his Aunt Anita on the right? His hair seemed dark at first as hers does here on the right. They weighed close to the same weight. Can we see a resemblance there?

His Mommy Cristina weighed a bit more than he did, but I can see some similarity between the two.. they do look like they are from the same family don't they?

But then we have his Dad here sucking his thumb just like Jared likes to do when he is sleepy. Does he look like him?

He certainly doesn't have the reddish hair that his Uncle Tim had in this picture before he turned one. His hair is more evident than his nephew Jared's is.

These are some of the things that roll around this Grandmother Helen's head these days . However I began to think, if we are God's children what makes us look like him? As I started out saying... God created man and woman in His image. What does the word image mean? If am in His image what does that say about me? Funk and Wagnall's Dictionary defines image as: "a representation or likeness of a real or imaginary person, creature or object."

When I look at Jared he does represent both the Cobb and the Meier family and if we look enough at each member or each family we will probably find some likeness to several of them. So how do I represent or look like God?

St Augustine, one of the church fathers of the early church said, "Thou has formed us for Thyself, and our hearts are restless till they find rest in thee." God made us for Himself! Isn´t that amazing! God made me because he wanted me for himself! In these days of uncertainty isn't it amazing that He made ME for himself!

When we become joined with Christ as it says in II Corinthians 3 then when we read the word something interesting happens. In verse 18 it says, "All of us, then, reflect the glory of the Lord with uncovered faces; and that same glory, coming from the Lord, who is the Spirit, transforms us into His likeness in an ever greater degree."

Little babies grow into looking like the families they come from because of the family genes. But we as we are joined to Jesus and walk with Him, we begin to reflect His glory. That is what makes us like him. That is what I was created to be--God's property. That is an amazing thought!