Created in the Image of God

What Do We Know about Being “Created in the Image of God”?
Moses 2:27: “I, God, created man in mine own image, in the image of mine Only Begotten created I him; male and female created I them.”
President Gordon B. Hinckley (1910–2008): “Our bodies are sacred. They were created in the image of God. They are marvelous, the crowning creation of Deity. No camera has ever matched the wonder of the human eye. No pump was ever built that could run so long and carry such heavy duty as the human heart. The ear and the brain constitute a miracle. … These, with others of our parts and organs, represent the divine, omnipotent genius of God” (“Be Ye Clean,” Ensign, May 1996, 48).
President Thomas S. Monson: “God our Father has ears with which to hear our prayers. He has eyes with which to see our actions. He has a mouth with which to speak to us. He has a heart with which to feel compassion and love. He is real. He is living. We are his children made in his image. We look like him and he looks like us” (“I Know That My Redeemer Lives,” Tambuli, Apr. 1988, 6; Ensign, Apr. 1990, 6).
How Does Knowing I Am Created in God’s Image Make a Difference in My Life?
"Knowing I am created in the image of God gives me a sense of great worth. It helps me to want to be a better person and to live up to my divine potential. It allows me to feel a more personal relationship with my Heavenly Father. I know he knows me individually just as he knows you. When I pray, I pray to a God who looks like me, talks like me, who is like me, only he is perfect and filled with Glory. He is my Father and I am his child. Knowing that I am created in his image with the potential to become like him gives me great hope. I love these truths! The questions of who I am and why I am here are answered in the Gospel of Jesus Christ." - Natasha Jones