A Spittin' Image

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August 10, 2021

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A Spittin' Image

A young mother enlisted the help of a friend in taking her infant identical twins to the doctor. Since the waiting area was full, the two women, each with a twin, were seated on opposite sides of the room. After a few minutes, someone commented, "It's amazing how much those two babies look alike!"

The friend was quick to reply, "Well, they should. They have the same father." I haven't heard whether the misunderstanding was ever straightened out...

One might say these babies were the "spittin' image" of each other. And the term, "spittin' image," stems from an old misunderstanding itself. Joel Chandler Harris, author of the

Uncle Remus stories explained that when an American slave seemed to be saying, "spittin' image," he or she was actually saying, "spirit and image," as: "'e's the spi'it 'n' image of his daddy."

Spirit and image. 

Fascinating, isn't it? 

And what makes it even more interesting is the truth from St. Bernard of Clairvaux, who said, "What we love we shall grow to resemble." 

Or put another way, we become the spirit and image of that which we hold dear, at least on the inside.

If we become the spirit and image of that which we most love, we want to choose whom and what to love very carefully. Where to place those priorities. How to devote our best time and energy. To whom we give our fullest attention. For love is about these things of the heart, and our spirits resemble that which has hold of the heart.

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