The following thoughts are from Rick Warren's book, The Purpose Driven Life.
You are no accident.
Your birth was no mistake or mishap, and your life is no fluke of nature. Your parents may not have planned you, but God did. He was not at all surprised by your birth. In fact, he expected it.
Long before you were conceived by your parents, you were conceived in the mind of God. he thought of you first. It is not fate, nor chance, nor luck, nor coincidence that you are breathing at this very moment. You are alive because God wanted to create you! The Bible says, "The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me." Job 12:10 TEV
We discover that meaning and purpose only when we make God the reference point of our lives.
The Message paraphrase of Romans 12:3 says, "The only accurate way to understand ourselves is by what God is and by what he does for us."
This poem by Russell Kelfer sums it up:
You are who you are for a reason.
You're part of an intricate plan.
You're a precious and perfect unique design,
Called God's special woman or man.
love this post... what a beautiful assurance! i've read the book and loved it... and the little poem surely sums it all up. Thank you!!
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Ruth
Wonderful post, Clif! I love the assurance we can have just by believing in what He says in His Word. How lovely to know that none of us was an accident! Enjoyed the poem as well.
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Sandi
Love the poem, Clif. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteNow that is awesome!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing.
Happy Birthday to your daughter's.
Blessings,
Virginia
Perfect for this big birthday month in our own family. Happy birthday to your daughter.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing.
What jumped out at me was "We discover that meaning and purpose only when we make God the reference point of our lives." It was our discussion question in our Life Group last night! Happy weekend, Clif!
ReplyDeletethis is so right...so perfect....and I've come to know...to true. Thanks Cliff.... ☺
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing that wonderful excerpt! It affirms how special we are to God.
ReplyDeleteI know that there are many children I see every day in the schools that need to know this truth. They are precious in His sight!
ReplyDelete"make God the reference point of our lives." I like that! Oh how our perspectives would be changed if we continually did that.
ReplyDeleteGreat post...great message!
This was a lovely post. He wrote a very inspiring book. Have a blessed day.
ReplyDeleteAmen Clif! I wish everyone could grasp this! What an amazing difference it would make!!
ReplyDeleteBless you my friend