Don't miss these two...

... brilliant posts from David at Third World County - "Synergistic Exegesis"

Now, stretch your mind artound this analogy: YOU are the coin. You owe your very existance to your Creator. What would He say your two sides and middle should be comprised of? What sort of metal and composition would He best stamp (or re-stamp) His image onto?

Consider Micah 6:8 for a possible answer:

He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly, and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.

Would it not be fitting to consider those "metals" as proper for impressing the imago dei?

Justice. Mercy. Humility.

Go read the whole thing - go on! - and then come back and look at the Random Yak's post on Psalm 57:

Emotions cannot be trusted and must not be permitted to give direction to anyone's life. Guidance and action must come from the spirit, from the inner person who is open and responsive to God. Often, very often, emotions will follow God's spiritual intervention, and songs may ring out. But emotions also can be influenced from the outside, from the world, and from the influences of the enemy on tired minds and bodies, and then emotions are deceptive and destructive. Following times of greatest spiritual intensity, emotions become susceptible to being turned back against us, against our bodies and our minds and against our spirits, causing us momentarily to doubt or stumble. Take care. Listen to your spirit, not to your circumstances or your passing doubts. As you live in the spirit, your emotions will realign themselves with the truth and reality of God, and you will again sing praise to God in truth and faith.

Oh, God is definitely talking to me today!

Comments

[David]

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Thanks for the link to my post and thanks for the comments. I knew you'd appreciate Random Yak's post!