LOLO, MAERIANNE ROSE G.

BSP2B – FEB 13, 2022

1. How have my formative experiences shaped my image of God?

This has been a hard life. Reflecting on my experiences and the choice
not to allow the past to define me anymore has considerably helped to
my spiritual well-being. God is at the center of our quest. He has
always pushed me throughout. His unwavering compassion is what
anchors me. Being in the ocean on my surfboard in Samar, looking out
into the great open blue, looking to where the sea joins the sky. I’ve
stayed out there alone and between others, and no matter what, if I
pause and stare out there, I sense God. I think my relationship to
everything that is. When I was little, I could sense the water
transforming my inner self. There’s something about being enveloped
in nature that does something to you! But I’ve also had my periods of
hardship and chaos, and somehow throughout or at least right through
most of it, I find my core and feel God’s presence. I didn’t always listen
about what I needed, but I’ve grown to hear clearly because of those
times. One particular time that I felt my lowest, when I decided to
pause and meditate and focus on my breathing, I felt my most special
connection and knew that I was going to be okay. So I was. I am! What
a journey!

2. How does my image of God affect the way I live my life? Do I

need to correct my idea of God?

The image of God affect the way I live in a Good way wherein I am
more loving and compassionate to everything surrounding me.The
image of God is a foundational concept for understanding our
significance and purpose in life. Understanding how we are made in
God’s image helps us understand our inherent dignity as a human
being created by our heavenly father. we understand that our worth
is connected to our creator. If God is of great and inestimable worth,

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 then human beings made in his image must be of immense value
too. Not only is our dignity present in creation, but also after the fall
into sin. Today, some Christians focus on our dignity and self-worth without
much mention of our sinfulness. Others emphasize our utter unworthiness
and sinfulness without any note of our dignity or God’s grace. As God
restores us, our individuality will shine even more brightly, and our gifts will
reach their full potential. We will also look like Christ.

We should not focus on our sin for long without also noting God’s grace and
our own God-given dignity. No matter what we have done, God’s grace works
in us. To deny or fail to acknowledge this truth is to say that God’s grace is in
vain.

Certainly, it is right to take time for self-examination, confession, and

repentance. But we should eventually come back to God’s grace and our own
dignity from being made in the image of God.

Being made in the image of God provides the basis for our work and
vocation. If we are made in the image of God, we share his characteristics.
For example, because God is creative, we can be creative in our work.

Knowing the basis for our dignity and worth helps us believe that we have
gifts and talents to employ. I have conducted hundreds of vocational profiles
with people who hadn’t discovered their calling because they didn’t think
they had anything to offer. Oftentimes, traumatic events from their past have
defined their identity and kept them from recognizing their dignity, worth,
and God-given creativity.

Yet when they realized the implications of being made in God’s image, their
outlook changed. As they understood what it means to be made in the image
God, these people I worked with began to believe they were unique and
talented. They realized how God had gifted them and used this knowledge to
find their vocations.

Being made in the image of God is a powerful concept for finding our
vocations and living a purposeful life.

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 3. What moral difficulties could I relate to a false or incomplete
image of God?

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