be like him, “in his own image” as the Bible says (Gen 1:26). That would be you and me. Our story—the story of why God wants us—begins with the biblical idea that God is our Maker. Although we can’t completely comprehend that, the bottom line is that we’re here because God wanted us here. God doesn’t act randomly. He acts with purpose. When he created humankind he wasn’t trying to fill some deficiency in himself. Given the fact that he didn’t need us but still made us, there’s