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Friday, March 13, 2026
Two or three days ago I caught sight of this weatherbeaten box which used to contain copier paper.
But the label caught my attention in a different way. It struck me that we could look at “copy” not as an adjective but as a verb, an action-word. In other words, when you look at life from this direction, you could make a convincing case that you and I need to “copy paper.” In other words, be like paper. Imitate paper.
What am I talking about? Well, the main thing about copier paper is that it’s blank. It’s not cluttered up with pre-printed borders or patterns which may not fit everybody’s personalities or needs, and might distract from what whoever’s running the printer wants to say. From edge to edge, regular copier paper is totally ready for what’s printed or copied on it.
I think that’s what God prefers our lives to be like. We’re humans, of course, and not pulp paper, and we all accumulate habits and other tendencies which make it hard for God’s image to be clearly reproduced.
But God is miraculously able to erase what it defective in our lives, and change us into the likeness of our Savior. You can find more about this in the eight-verse deep-dive into the essential truths about “purity.” Click the link just below: