Hi everyone. It's Aunt Frenita.
Today's story is called, "In the Image of God."
The memory verse is from Genesis, Chapter 1, Verse 27.
It says.
God created mankind in His own image.
In the image of God, He created him.
Male and female. He created them.
Today's message is, God surrounds me with His gifts of love.
God created a beautiful and perfect world in six days.
Then He created two very special people to enjoy it. Let's read about it.
God had created the sun and the moon.
He had created the plants, fish, birds and animals
He looked at everything, and saw that it was good.
But His creation was incomplete.
It was time to create people.
Making people would be different from making the creatures and the plants
People were to be in God's own image, and they were to rule over the animals
So God formed a man, out of the dust from the ground
He carefully made the man's fingers and toes, his eyes, ears and mouth.
When God finished modeling the man, He blew into the man's nose.
The man began to breathe! He opened his eyes and looked around
God smiled at the first man, and called him Adam
There was a lot to do that day.
God told Adam that he was in charge of all the animals.
His first job was to name them
Adam probably laughed when he saw the monkeys hanging from the trees, chattering to each other.
He may have grinned when he saw the elephants with their long trunks and big flapping ears.
He probably stopped to pet the shy deer, and play with a black bear
God said, "It is not good for Adam to be by himself."
"I will make a mate for him."
Adam had probably noticed that he was by himself
He may have noticed that all the animals had a partner
They had creatures like themselves to keep them company
They could communicate and share things
But there had been no one for him.
So God made Adam fall into a deep sleep
Then he took one of Adam's ribs and created a woman
When Adam woke up, God brought the woman to him
Adam was pleased
He said, "She was made from my bones and my flesh."
"She will be called woman, because she was taken out of man."
And Adam called the first woman, Eve.
At the end of the day, God looked at everything He had created.
He saw the plants, the trees, the fish, the animals, and Adam and Eve.
It had been a good day.
And God said, "This is very good."
This podcast is read by Frenita Buddy-Fullwood for gracelink.net
Created and produced by Falvo Fowler
Post produced by Faith Toh at Studio Elpizo in Singapore
The theme music is by Clayton Kinney
Animation and artwork by Diogo Godoy
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