Created in God's Image

So I'm reading this book, Created in God's Image by Anothony A. Hoekema for my Theology II J-Term, and so far it's been pretty enlightening. The following quote from Herman Bavinck is especially heavy/

"Man does not simply bear or have the image of God; he is the image of God. From the doctrine that man has been created in the image of God flows the clear implication that that image extends to the man in his entirety. Nothing in man is excluded from the image of God. All creatures reveal traces of God, but only man is the image of God. And he is that image totally, in soul and body, in all faculites and powers, in all conditions and relationships. Man is the image of God insofar as he is true man, and is man, true and real man, because and insofar as he is the image of God."

wow. pretty heavy stuff.

John G. Patton

I'm taking a slight break from my Theology II reading to start John G. Patton's autobiography, John G. Patton. So far I'm only at the end of chapter two and I've already been in tears twice.

One of the more moving accounts comes from his childhood, when his family was on the brink of malnourishment during a famine. However his family recieved an unexpected package of food, and were able to survive until the famine ended. His godly, Christian mother used the oppurtunity to teach her children about God's love, saying:

"Oh my children, love your Heavenly Father, tell Him in faith and prayer all your needs, and He will supply your wants so far as it shall be for your good and His glory."

This last part really touched me. Often my prayers are directed at such trivial things that are not really for my betterment and certainly not for God's glory.

My Teeth Hurt

So I went to the dentist for the first time in three years today, and evidently I have a cavity on one of my wisdom teeth.

Well most people get their wisdom pulled anyway, oh well.

This isn't going to be very fun.

New Year

So this is the New Year....

It's off to a good start.

More Snow!

Presents

So here's what I found under my tree this Christmas:

Regina Spektor- Begin to Hope (bonus edition)
Coldplay- A Rush of Blood to the Head
Spirited Away (DVD)
Charles Spurgeon- The Treasurey of David volumes 1-3
Apples to Apples: Bible Edition

Awesome, I know.

Friends

It's begining to look a lot Christmas?

Wow! is it really Christmas eve? Gosh, it kind of snuck up on me.

hhmm... I wonder what I'm getting tomorrow.

Mountain Java Cafe

Today was my first day back working at Kopi~O, which recently changed its name to Mountain Java Cafe (which i think is much better name).

It definately felt good making coffee again, that is it definately felt good getting free coffee again.

And I'm pretty sure I make the best Dirty Chai I've ever had.

(that's not to say that I'm better than David, Billy, Ethan, Corey, or any of my other barista friends, far from it, i just like drinking my own coffee).

Uno Mas

My brother doesn't know I'm posting this one. ;)