God knew you as well. You were not an accident, you were not happenstance. You were CREATED by the great Creator. As Robert Lewis said, "You are not just a finely tuned machine, you are the special artistic creation of the CREATOR Himself." Be thankful today for the way that God made you. Seek to find His purpose for your life.
Psalm 139:13-18
For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.
I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them. How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them! If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
Jeremiah 1:5
Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee...
Genesis 1:27
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
What a wonderful thing that you have done here, April....to remind us what God says about us. Who we are to God. For a long time in my life I tried to be accepted by the world and it's measurement of success. And it is impossible.
ReplyDeleteOnly by learning who i was to God did I find true peace and meaning to my life.
And then to find out what Jesus did for me?? Then to know that God loved me that much!!
I don't know if it being forty- something but I find myself asking God lately, what next? For 22 years I defined much of myself by my career and I have been blessed to be able to use it as a ministry at times. But as I homeschool my children and try to raise them to put God first everyday, my prayer becomes "what else can I be doing for God....to fulfill his purpose in me?
LOVE this! I too have been overwhelmed by the thought of God's thought toward ME lately!! Designed for his plan... what a great reminder!
ReplyDeleteOh my friend how it took me such a long time to grasp this very truth. However, once my mind and heart accepted and believed that God truly loved ME - I was forever changed.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing your heart my friend!