A precious jewel (1)
Looyenga reflects on Psalm 8's affirmation of humanity's unique dignity and glory as beings created in God's image, exploring the tension between this high calling and our experience of human weakness and sinfulness. The article connects the psalmist's meditation on God's creation ordinances to Genesis 1 and examines what it means for believers to live out their role as image-bearers in daily Christian experience.
"When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; what is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honor. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet." Psalm 8:3-6 It is hard to read the central verses of Psalm 8 without pausing in wonder. Or perhaps...
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