Article December 9, 2013 Issue

What a good idea!

T. Jewell Collins

When Mark’s mother told him that everyone was an idea of God, made in His image and likeness, Mark said: “I don’t want to be an idea. I want to be a real boy that everyone can see!”

“But you are a real boy,” she said. “An idea isn’t the shadow of you. It’s what you are. As a child of God, you’re His good idea! I can see you, but I can’t see your honesty or the love you express or your friendliness and good humor. But I know they are there. I know they are a part of you.”

Mark still wasn’t sure exactly what she meant, so his mother thought about it some more. Then she said, “When you’re outside playing with your friends, don’t you ever say to them, ‘Hey, guys, I have an idea’?”

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