Somebody once said: "We are all made of common clay and that is why we all have the same kinds of problems." But someone else said: "We're all created in the same mold, only some of us are moldier than others." (1)

There is a place in India where their legends agree with the Bible that humankind was made from dust. But they think that the upper class (or caste) was made from the fertile soil and the lower class was made from ordinary clay. But even I know, if you are going to create pottery, you want ordinary clay, not rich fertile soil for farming. Scripture tells us, that, unlike the legends of India, you and I have the same humble origin, clay. (2)

At the same time, the Bible also tells us that we've all been created in the very image of God. We may only be made of clay, but we were e…