“Because you
are precious in my sight, and honored, and I love you, I give people in return
for you, nations in exchange for your life.” (Isaiah 43:4)
Who
are you? It’s an important question in a
world of over 6 billion people, each struggling to discover our own unique
identity and self-worth. And if we don’t
know who we are, then for good or bad, the world we live in will tell us.
That’s
why it’s so important for us to be clear about our own identity as children of
God -- each special, each unique and valuable to Him. In Luke 12:6-7 Jesus says, “Are not five
sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten in God’s sight.
But even the hairs of your head are all counted. Do not be afraid; you are of
more value than many sparrows.”
Mother Teresa put it this way: “In
our efforts to listen to God's words to us, we often neglect what might be
called his ‘first word’ to us. This is
the gift of ourselves to ourselves: our
existence, our nature, our personal history, our uniqueness, our identity. All that we have, and indeed, our very
existence, is one of the unique and never‑to‑be‑repeated ways God has chosen to
express himself in space and time. Each
of us, because we are made in God's image and likeness, is yet another promise
that he has made to the universe that he will continue to love it and care for
it.”
[--Mother Teresa, Leadership,magazine
Vol. 10, No. 4]
And related to that thought, I pray that you will join me beginning February 14 as Blake and I begin a new series series based on the stories of Abraham exploring who we are (our identity) as God’s people here at LaGrange First UMC. And always remember, God loves you and I do, too!
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