Spit Take

I love to learn new verbiage.  Even if it means that I have been saying something wrong for all of my born days...

I came across this little beauty over Christmas break and it has been stuck in my craw ever since.

The term "Spitting image" is the usual modern form of the idiom meaning exact likeness, duplicate, or counterpart. The original phrase was spit and image, inspired by the Biblical God‘s use of spit and mud to create Adam in his image. But spitting image has been far more common than spit and image for over a century.

A few writers still use spit and image, but trying to keep the original idiom alive is probably a lost cause. Though it is older and makes more logical sense, it can also be distracting to readers who have been hearing spitting image their whole lives. Of course, spitting image can be just as distracting to some careful readers. (from http://grammarist.com/usage/spitting-image/)

Wow.  Although I have thought through being made in the image of God, I never pondered that we could actually be derived from the very SPIT of God. 

"Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being." (Genesis 2:7)

This is such a cool image that our (meaning humankind's) lungs were formed and filled with the very breath of God.  Although spit is not mentioned, the dust God used may have included his spit as well (other translations imply the use of spit).

So, what does all this word-nerdiness have to do with anything?  Well, it has forced me to ask myself a couple of questions:

Do I act like the "spit and image" of my Heavenly Father?

Do I speak love and grace to others like my lungs were filled with His breath?

My intentions this year include researching who I am in Christ.  This has been a good thought on which I can chew this first week.

Happy New Year!

Amberly