Article June 1, 1998 Issue

Your aptitude isn't determined by your genes

What God gives us—including intelligence and understanding—isn't limited.

By Cynthia Cook Wiggins

Remember The Film "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" which combined animation with live actors? There was a line in the dialogue that really stood out to me. The female heroine, one of the cartoon characters, said, "I'm not bad; I'm just drawn that way!"

How many times have most of us thought, like this cartoon character, "I just can't help myself; that's just the way I am."

But listen to these words about how we were "drawn." "The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee" (Jer. 31:3). With lovingkindness. God created man in His image and likeness. Such an image certainly doesn't include defects in aptitude or character. God didn't create His child to be selfish, argumentative, quick-tempered, or ignorant and limited in capacities. Man is perfect, the likeness of God, and so there's a sound and spiritual basis for making real progress in our lives.

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