Imago Dei - Genesis 2

God created us in His image, but with strong distinctions between male and female... what can be gleaned from Genesis 2 on this subject?....

Man: Cultivator (vs15) "Then the LORD God took the man and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate it and keep it."
- Man (Adam) named the animals and cultivated/kept the earth... the Imago Dei of man is seen as one who: brakes it, fixes it, recreates it, and takes it a step further... Man was created to grow, protect, and progress things.

Woman: Helper/Nurturer (vs18) 'Then the LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him.'
- Woman was created in God's image with the distinct nature to take care of/nurture. It's seen in the most fundamental way of her anatomy and it penetrates her heart. Woman was also created to be submissive to the man... woman = the weaker vessel (1 Pet 3, Eph 4).
22The LORD God fashioned into a woman the rib which He had taken from the man, and brought her to the man. 23The man said,
"This is now bone of my bones,
And flesh of my flesh;
She shall be called Woman,
Because she was taken out of Man."
24For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh.

Also, from Genesis 2 (before the fall), it's conveyed that Man and woman are designed to be together and that interaction is needed between male and female. The 2 distinct parts can become one through the holy spirit....

as obedient children, do not be conformed to the former lusts which were yours in your ignorance, but like the Holy One who called you, be holy yourselves also in all your behavior; because it is written, "YOU SHALL BE HOLY, FOR I AM HOLY." 1pet1.14-16

upgrade, switch, no phone?

i miss that phone

my 'new' phone from the 90's

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POS

the pursuit

sticky skin

smelly pits

o' my shins!

i will not quit

endurance has been

something i lack in

not to worry

i will not quit

o' for some gin

to battle my witts

head'uh spinin'

i will not quit

mouth grinin'

to You i commit

i see you laughin

but i will not quit

gather your banjolin

me, my violin

together we'll travel

we'll never quit

blink, and it's gone

Lookin' for things that she don't know

Curious girl; not born long ago

Tryin' to make best of what she see

She think she stands as tall as that tree

No fear of the world or its size

She learns to step with great pride

Afraid to fall, not at all

She don't have the capacity to recall

Not a bit, she's so small

Language learned some time before

Now words begin to take their form

Sweet little gal's growin' so fast

Childhood never ever lasts.

J-O-Y--US

simplicity

creation

beauty

love

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Me

“This at last is bone of my bones
and flesh of my flesh;
she shall be called Woman,
because she was taken out of Man.”

genesis 2

god, love, discipline, obedience

he humbled you and let you be hungry, and fed you with manna which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that he might make you understand that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of the lord. your clothing did not wear out on you, nor did your foot swell these forty years. thus you are to know in your heart that the lord your god was disciplining you just as a man disciplines his son. therefore, you shall keep the commandments of the lord your god, to walk in his ways and to fear him.

dt. 8:3-6

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Kent Dorn - making it in the world of Art?

Graduate of AU in Painting/Drawing...

He's using old oils that have been tossed out or not good for someone elses use to create his vibrant pieces. Since the oils have dried out somewhat, it creates a lot of texture on the canvas. I think that his pieces are interesting because there is something unsettling about all of them. He has just been asked to showcase his art in a smaller but up and coming gallery in NYC called Freight and Volume.

http://www.freightandvolume.com/artists/artists.html#

Alexa Meade

23 year old Alexa Meade baffles my mind! She's an artist working in Washington who uses flesh and 3 dimensional space as her "canvas". She paints over all of it with acrylic paint and creates a 2 dimensional composition. She takes the realistic object and abstracts it into something less representational. It really is innovative and inspiring!

to see more check out http://www.alexameade.com/portfolio.html

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