Remnants

“And God said, ‘Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness’. . .” (Genesis 1:26a)

As a young girl, my mama taught me the basics of sewing. Another blessing later in life was the fabric shop owned by my mother-in-law and her mother. These two blessings afforded me the privilege of spending many hours in that little shop helping with the sales and buying fabric to sew for my girls and me. I learned that an average bolt of fabric held fifty yards of cloth. Once the yardage on a bolt was low, the material was removed, folded, and placed on the remnant table. The remnant table also held fabrics with slight defects and pieces that the clerks mismeasured.

Have you heard the expression, “cut from the same cloth?” It means two or more people are similar in characteristics, attitudes, or behavior. Our Triune God: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, created man in His image, male and female (v. 27). Because He made us in His likeness, we are “cut from His cloth” and called His child. But somewhere along the way, we knew something was wrong yet did it anyway. At that moment, we sinned our first sin, and that sin separated us from God. We were, if you would, “cut from the bolt.” Severance from the bolt that holds the cloth did not happen because the yardage was low, or because of any defect, nor poor measuring. People are on the remnant table, separated from God, by choice. 

But God, who is rich in mercy, did not create you to stay on the remnant table: He “passes by the transgressions of the remnant of His heritage” (Micah 7:18). He pardons the guilt of sin through the blood of His Son, Jesus. Once you confess your sins, ask for forgiveness, turning from your sins, and invite Jesus into your life, He takes up residence within you. God washed away your sins and restored you to the “Bolt” from which you came.

Does your life reflect the characteristics, attitudes, and behavior of God, His Son, and the Holy Spirit? Are you “cut from the same cloth?” You can be; you need only ask. Your Maker wants to hear from you to show you His unfailing love.