I watched a documentary the other day that featured Jacque Cousteau’s grandson, Phillippe Cousteau Jr. He, like his father and grandfather, is an adventurer and scientist, fascinated with the sea and the ecosystem of the world’s oceans.
One area that he was examining was the coral reef known as the Reef of Rome that is in the Red Sea.
During the 1960’s, his grandfather, Jacque, created an undersea dwelling where Jacque and a number of his colleagues lived for about three months. They were monitored by medical staff to record their bodies’ physical response to living in this alien environment of increased pressure.
Phillippe Jr., along with his team, dove in these waters and found the remnants of this structure. He was inspired by the advanced science of that early day and was also deeply touched by this evidence of his family’s heritage and legacy. He was also then inspired to continue the work of his family to explore and monitor the world’s underwater ecosystem.
Beyond his obvious commitment to the long term health of the sea, I was interested in his attitude and his desire to be identified with his father and grandfather’s legacy. He was proud to be a link in a chain that is his family’s bloodline.
Many today want to be seen as a unique individual, one apart from their family. Being unique, special and individual doesn’t require being seen as unlike someone else.
We are made in the image of our Creator, according to Genesis 1:26. This means that we are designed to carry the image of our Heavenly Father. We are to follow His legacy and conform to His ways. Doing so could reveal how much we are like Him. Not doing so could cause us to be seen as set apart from Him.
Phillippe Cousteau Jr. is a lot like his Dad and Grandpa. He is also his own person in many ways. It is not required that we strive to be unlike someone else in order to be our own person. Trying to be unlike something leaves us with no image to strive toward and therefore no way to measure our progress.
Being like our Heavenly Father simply allows us to be the very best, unique version of ourselves that we could ever be.
Blessings and Shalom.

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