God loves God and others”

God loves God and others”

Learning about this as a young girl I related “God created man on his own image” as we were created to look like him, that we were created to physically resembled God. I had the physical concept and I was too young to understand the spiritual and psychological concept of the true meaning. Doing research and reading about this topic for this week’s lecture and DQ, I have understood the true concept of what it really means. It is important to understand the relationship between God and humans. It is amazing to me to know that God created everything, but we are the only ones he created in his image. We were created to communicate, to think, create, reason, and relate. We are capable of love and to understand right from wrong, and we are responsible for our actions. God is love, and I agree with you Nicole that we need to exercise his love and care because it reflects the attributes of God our creator. Nicole you explained that nursing starts with a concern for human welfare and healing, and the great responsibility God has given us to care and love others. Like, you I also believe that Imago Dei means that as a Christian and a nurse I need to exercise the love of God with all my patients. Care for them with respect, dignity, and loving care. “If God so loved us, we also ought to love one another” (1 John 4:11), God is great at designing and creating things and as “God’s image-bearers (Genesis 1:26), we are designed to love God and others in the same way that God loves God and others” (Bloom, 2016).

Reference:

Bloom, J. (2016, June 24). If We Love God Most, We Will Love Others Best. Retrieved January 9, 2019, from https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/if-we-love-god-most-we-will-love-others-best

Imago Dei (Image of God). (n.d.). Retrieved January 9, 2019, from http://www.pbs.org/faithandreason/theogloss/imago-body.html