Mom Heart Moments #135

God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. God blessed them; and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

AFTER THE LORD HAD MADE A perfectly beautiful creation that expressed His artistry, craft, and design in magnificent ways, He created a perfect social system that would further show His design and wisdom. God wanted us to have our social needs met —the need for deep love, for overarching purpose and fulfillment. And so He created love, marriage, family, children, and heritage as the beautiful place in which human beings would find all that they needed to live abundantly and well in this gorgeous world God had created for them to enjoy and to rule over.

God was concerned that Adam would be alone, so He created a helper, suitable to companionship —both made in God’s image —to look like Him, to reflect Him. God is intelligent, so they were made with intelligence. God manifests love and righteousness and authority, and so they were made to love and pursue righteousness and authority.

Then, of course, He blessed them and the first blessing out of His mouth was, “Be fruitful and multiply.” Having children, as it says in Psalm 127, is a blessing from God, a good thing. We Clarksons are to ask, “What will our family do to bring God’s image and messages and righteousness to bear on the earth? How will He use the Clarksons to bring His Kingdom work to reality?”

Take a moment to ask God what His specific plans are for your family. How does He want you to reflect Him in the world?