"In his image"

It says in Genesis that when God created the human creature he created them "in his image".  Now, since we are unable to see, touch or even hear God, we cannot know what that "image" looks like or means.  But I imagine it as a creation that is like God in heart, will and purpose.  We are created to be like God inside the skin of what was called human.  I imagine the it means that God gave us the power/ability to be loving, compassionate and sympathetic to all that God deemed worthy of his creative word.  I do not think it means we look like God.  It means much more!

And the good news, for this simple mind at least, is that we don't have to measure-up.  Actually we will never be perfect love.  We will always fall short of God.  Always!  But it doesn't matter!  It doesn't matter to God!  What matters to God is that we have the desire to live as he has made us to live.  And he has given us all we need to do just that.  God has given us his very Spirit to live within our skin to enable us to be right.  I didn't say best or better, or the winner of all the silly games of proof that we are correct.  But with his Spirit as our companion on this earthly journey we are who we are.  And we do our best -- whatever that means.  

That is all God ever asks!  At least that is what I believe!