{"id":22494,"date":"2024-10-08T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/urc\/daily-devotion-for-tuesday-8th-october-2024"},"modified":"2024-10-08T06:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T05:00:00","slug":"daily-devotion-for-tuesday-8th-october-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trinitywimbledon.org\/index.php\/daily-devotion-for-tuesday-8th-october-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Devotion for Tuesday 8th October 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

Genesis 1: 26 – 27<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Then God said, \u2018Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the wild animals of the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

So God created humankind in his image,<\/span>
    in the image of God he created them;<\/span>
    male and female he created them.<\/span><\/p>\n

Reflection<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Biblical authors who crafted the creation narratives in Genesis embedded deep truths in the text.   Often, however,  we have argued over literary devices not about these deep truths.  Much ink has been spilled through the years about the literalness, or otherwise, of the seven days of creation whilst today\u2019s verses are often skipped over.  Yet imagine what our world, and the Church, would be like if we really took the truth of being made in God\u2019s image seriously.  How might we<\/span>
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