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A Picture of God
A little boy sat down at the kitchen table with his crayons and a big sheet of blank paper, and he
started to draw.
His father, noticing the youngster hard at work at the table, stopped to look. "What are doing, son?"
"I'm drawing a picture of God," said the little boy.
"But son," said the father, "You can't draw a picture of God. Nobody knows what God looks like."
The little boy thought for a moment and said, "Well--they will when I get through!"
Most people would agree with the father in the story. No one knows what God looks like. But maybe
that's one of the reasons God created us and called us to serve him. He created us "in his own image"
so that we could -in a sense--show the world what God looks like. When we are being conformed into
the image of his son, Jesus Christ (Romans 8:29), people can see in us a reflection of our Heavenly
Father.
All of us have the ability to represent God to the world--and to do it in our own way. You don't need to
worry whether your picture of God looks like everybody else's. You are to serve God uniquely, with
the gifts and abilities that God has given to you, and when you get through, people will have a little
better idea of what God looks like. They will see God in you! Hot Illustrations for Youth Talks by Wayne Rice
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