First Sight

"...and the dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit returns to God who gave it"- Ecclesiastes 12:7 (NIV).

God made all things, but His pinnacle work was the creation of man. God formed the man from dirt and then breathed life into the man (Genesis 2:7); transferring part of Himself to His creation. God didn't speak man into existence; which, He certainly could have done. No, man was a hands-on project: God's hands formed the man and then God stooped down to breathe in His life-giving spirit, gifting man with an intimacy the rest of creation would never receive. An earthly father stares into the face of his newborn child, face-to-face, drinking in the wonder and the depth of love he feels for his child. During creation, God, too, was face-to-face with man, and, staring back, was His own image, reflected in the eyes of His child. Adam's first sight was his Heavenly Father, and God said it was very good (Genesis 1:31). We, mankind, have the life-giving breath of God inside of us until the day these bodies return to the dust and our spirit returns to God who gave it. When our eyes open, we will once again be face-to-face with our Heavenly Father. Our first sight will be our reflection in God's eyes and it will be very good.