A Color-filled Life

As you know, I’ve been thinking about creation and the origin of man lately.  No atheist has ever adequately answered some of my queries.  For example, did male and female slither out of the same primordial ooze?  If not, whomever came first must have had to wait an awfully long time to reproduce.  And what about emotions?  If we are simply animated piles of matter, why would emotions be necessary?  Instead, like an artist’s  palette, human emotions run the gamut from maudlin hues of grey and black, to jubilant shades of fuchsia and gold.  Why?

At times like this, God directs me to his word, yet again!  Right there in Genesis he reminds me that all of us are made in his image. “Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness.” Genesis 1:26.  Those of you who doubt the existence of a Creator might want to leave at this point, but hear me out.  If we believe that we are created in the image of our Creator, what does that imply?  God is spirit and is not limited to a physical body, hence what he passes on to us in his DNA, is our soul comprised of his emotions, so to speak.  Check it out.  From what I read, God not only has the ability to empathize with us, he literally shares in our feelings since they were His to begin with.

Go ahead, select any color from the spiritual palette and you’ll find scripture backing this claim up.  Let’s look at sorrow or grief, “Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God” Ephesians 4:30. Paul warns us that God’s Holy Spirit can be grieved, especially by our actions and choices.  In another section we see Jesus weeping over the death of Lazarus, and the fate of Jerusalem. Sounds like emotion to me.  How about love, “We love because he first loved us.” 1 John 4:19. He loved us first, what’s so hard to understand about that?  I dare you to pick any color, from anger through jealousy to delight and satisfaction, and not find a corresponding passage.  The Creator’s image is so evident in His prize creation, us!!  As we allow him to work with those colors in our lives,  and we don’t dwell solely on the darker hues, the beauty of God will shine through in the masterpiece that is our life in Him. “For we are God's masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.” Ephesians 2:10.