"Our soul, that is made, dwelleth in God's Substance: of which Substance, God, we are that we are."
Julian of Norwich (Ch. 54)
Of God's Substance we are what we are. We dwell in His Substance, and we are made of His Substance. How can that be? Well, children are, in a real sense, "made" of their parents. Cells from the parents form the new cells of the child. The DNA of both parents is in the child. You could say that a part of each parent is in the child, that the child comes from the parents' own being or substance. So are we with our ultimate Parent and Creator, God. Our souls are made of God's own being. He is the Source of our soul, the Origin of our being, the One our being is made from. The soul is made of a "substance" that is unmade. Created humanity is made of uncreated God.
Our substance or essence, the true depth of our being, is of God and even is God. This presents a unity that is deeper than just God dwelling in us and we in God. This presents a unity of being, a unity of our creation. We couldn't escape God if we wanted to, for we are made of Him. He is the fabric of our being. This is the deepest meaning of being made in the image and likeness of God, and it is truly very good!
"We all have the same God and Father who is over us all and in us all, and living through every part of us."
Ephesians 4:6 (TLB)
A Prayer: I love knowing that I come from my parents but I also come from You as my Ultimate Parent. I love being your child!