No accidents!!

Good morning, nearly afternoon! I love Saturday mornings of doing nothing!! It has been nice and quiet. Snow was falling so felt nice to be safe and snug in my house. Lots to get done ( like housework) but needed and wanted to start off slow!

My devotions this morning again were good. The one line that jumped out at me that I would like to share is taken from the book The Grip of Grace. It states, " With God in your world, you aren't an accident or an incident; you are a gift to the world, a divine work of art, signed by God."

To often I hear youth and adults say to me that they were an accident. Not planned and therefore they go through life believing that they were a mistake. Often this leads them to believe that they are not wanted and needed. How sad!! I have told both of my children that although Paul and I didn't plan them they were definitely not mistakes but surprises!! And a wonderful surprise at that!! I remember clearly finding out I was pregnant with Alica which was 7 years ahead of our planned schedule for a family! Not my plan but God's. What a blessing she has been. Then Cory my precious boy who's pregnancy was fairly easy and helped heal the hurt of losing the baby we had planned just before him. Because God knew better than me, I had my kids before leaving for college to be ministers. I needed alot of help with my babies because of my epilepsy. I could have never managed without our families help, especially grandma Cory. God knew!!

No matter what the circumstances of your birth were, you were not a mistake. You are God's and He loves and has plans for you. Read Psalm 139.

Another good quote from this devotion was, " We are significant, not because of what we do, but because of WHOSE we are."
My children are mine and I love them because they are mine. They are special because they are mine and Paul's. They are the only two that are just ours. They are part of us and that makes them special to me. They have been special since they were little and couldn't even talk or walk. The same is with God. We are special because He made us. We are His. We were special the minute we were born. Not because of anything we could do, but because He made us and we are His.

You are God's child. His signature is written on your life and that makes you special. Have you ever had something that somebody signed? It increases the value. It means something special. That is just like us. WE are special because God's signature is on our lives.

I hope today that you feel like you are special, that you know that your treasured by your God in heaven and that you know that you have a purpose. You were not an accident!!That He loves you for you... not for what you do but because He just loves you. All He wants is for you to reach out to Him. Doesn't matter if this may be a bad day for you and you need to reach out in anger, in tears. Or maybe today is a good day and you just want to say thank you Lord for this day. He just wants us to reach out to Him.

Believe He loves you and that you have worth!!!


Blessings,

Jen Loner