It’s amazing to ponder how God had planned your life and the moment in time you would live long before you were born. Even before time. I have always been taken back when contemplating how God is above time, time is subject to him as he created it.
The cliche saying, “Everything happens for a Reason”, is true with God and the events in our lives. He allows all the circumstances of our lives to shape who we are. He created us for Love, to love and be loved. Â In Rick Warren’s book the Purpose Driven Life he writes, “Long before you were conceived by your parents, you were conceived in the mind of God.” “God’s motive for creating you was his love.”
Today’s chapter shares a poem by Russell Kelfer that sum’s up God’s love, purpose and intention in creating you:
“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.
You look like you look for a reason. Our God made no mistake. He knit you together within the womb, You’re just what he wanted to make.
The parents you had were the ones he chose, And no matter how you may feel, They were custom-designed with God’s plan in mind, And they bear the Master’s seal.
No, that trauma you faced was not easy. And God wept that it hurt you so;
But it was allowed to shape your heart
So that into his likeness you’d grow.
You are who you are for a reason, You’ve been formed by the Master’s rod. You are who you are, beloved, Because there is a God!”
