There is a deep importance in being able to see all people as embodiments of Christ. While I struggle with this at times, thinking of people in which I wish I could make exceptions, I am reminded of how far this power of the incarnational image of Christ extends. This is when part of me says, wow, it is awesome to think of what viewing the church as the Sarx, the deeply flawed, exzemed body of Christ, means, because we all are human, created in the imago dei; we have faults and flaws, and those things are what make us human. When I take a moment to step back even further, I know I cannot claim that there are some people who simply do not have Christ in them. Instead, I find myself trying to find avenues in which to locate Christ within them. Scaling back to my small world, I'm brought back into the idea of how important it is to build up relationships with people slowly, where we can lay out our human flaws together, so I might discover who the person is as authentically themselves.
