Infinite Variety

Today’s Reflection

In its broadest arc, the Bible tells the story of our reunion with the God who is our Creator, Redeemer, and Sustainer, our parent by birth and by adoption, the most complete image of our identity. We are legion, we are many, but God has our seemingly infinite variety covered by God’s own infinite image. However we differentiate ourselves, we cannot deny the image of God that imprints us, shaping us in ways our DNA maps cannot describe.

—Rosalind C. Hughes,  A Family Like Mine: Biblical Stories of Love, Loss, and Longing (Upper Room Books, 2020)

Today’s Question

How can you celebrate the “infinite variety” of God’s image in humanity today?

Today’s Scripture

God created humans in his image, in the image of God he created them.—Genesis 1:27 (NRSVUE)

Prayer for the Week

How infinite is your embrace, O God. How broad and high and deep and enduring is your love. Amen.