Thoughts on Images

"Not my idea of God, but God. Not my idea of H., but H. Yes, and also not my idea of my neighbor, but my neighbor. For don't we often make this mistake as regards people who are still alive -who are with us in the same room? Talking and acting not to the man himself but to the picture -almost the precis- we've made of him in our own minds? And he has to depart from it pretty widely before we even notice the fact. In real life -that's one way it differs from novels- his words and acts are, if we observe closely, hardly ever quite 'in character,' that is, in what we call his character. There's always a card in his hand we didn't know about." - A Grief Observed, C.S. Lewis
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Is it possible to miss someone more when they are right beside you than when they’re gone? When they are exactly where you’ve wished for them to be for so long, but something’s missing. When you’re close enough, you could reach out and touch them, but you don’t. And the words you’ve recited over and over again in your mind won’t come. Is it possible to long so deeply for closeness with someone that you will always be disappointed with your actual distance? When no one lives up to the standards in your dreams and all that you find when you look around are broken images.
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"Everyone is senseless and without knowledge; every goldsmith is shamed by his idols. His images are a fraud; they have no breath in them." - Jeremiah 10:14 (NIV)
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This summer I went to a dance show at Millennium Park in Chicago. The dancers were amazing artists who performed well and were a pleasure to watch. I sat with my mom and sister in one of the front rows, but when we got up to leave a bit early, something caught my attention: a huge crowd of people were sitting in front of the large screen set up for people to see better from a distance. However, these people were not far from the actual stage, in fact turning their heads a little to the left would have given them a great view. Instead of enjoying the real thing, these fans preferred mere images.
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"He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation." - Colossians 1:15 (NIV)
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We have seen the true Image, why settle for worshipping anything less?