Zoo Trip

"Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the

sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.

So God created man in his own image,

in the image of God He created him; 

male and female He created them."  Genesis 1:26-27

As a follow-up to our lesson on Creation and as part of our study on living and non-living things, we took a trip to the zoo to observe the variety of animals in God's creation. We saw a few fish, birds of the air in all colors of the rainbow, and creatures moving along the ground (including a snake roaming freely through the grass.) I took lots of pictures; I even took a few pictures of the animals. The animals were interesting, but my favorite part of the zoo trip was watching the excitement on the children's faces when they located the animals on their Scavenger Hunt page.

God's children (young and old) seem to be His favorite part of Creation, too. The Bible tells us we're made in His image---not our physical bodies, because God is Spirit. We're made in the likeness of God in that we have self-consciousness, God-consciousness, freedom, responsibility, speech, and moral discernment.  We reflect His glory when we show love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.

 And just as He was pleased to make a myriad of different kinds of animals, he delights in the uniqueness of each of His children. No two are exactly alike. Because each person is made in God's image, each one is valuable and precious in His sight.

"God saw all the He had made, and it was very good." Genesis 1:31