Christians in the helping profession need to understand that a human person is created by God in His image. In the Bible, Genesis 1:27 states, “So God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them” (New Living Translation). “Since the human person is created in the image of God, and since love of neighbor is at one with love of God, there is no higher calling than caring for the human person” (Gascoigne, 2015). A helping professional’s work is to show God’s love to their clients while helping them. Humans are not a lump of nothing walking this earth, but a living, breathing representation of God. “Being created ‘in the image of God’ highlights the extraordinary importance of human beings: human beings are in fact walking representations of God” (van Huyssteen, 2010).
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Living in a fallen world allows us to be tempted daily, leaving us feeling as if we never measure up to the world’s standards. Christians in the helping profession have a unique opportunity to show love towards those who have fallen, treating them with respect and showing them that they matter as a human. As the professional, we must understand that every client that we work with is loved by God. Every life matters to God and we need to show our clients that we care for them and we truly want to see them succeed in their
Living in a fallen world allows us to be tempted daily, leaving us feeling as if we never measure up to the world’s standards. Christians in the helping profession have a unique opportunity to show love towards those who have fallen, treating them with respect and showing them that they matter as a human. As the professional, we must understand that every client that we work with is loved by God. Every life matters to God and we need to show our clients that we care for them and we truly want to see them succeed in their