Yes, you were special before you were born, you're important now, and you always will be important to the God of the universe, who absolutely adores you. Your life means something. Why would He make anything in His image that doesn't mean anything? I will not believe God set us up like that. I think He creates masterpieces and when those masterpieces know who they are in Christ, they will continue to be molded and crafted as a maintained vehicle of greatness. God's continued workmanship on us never runs out as long as we're in tune and in relationship with the Lord God. God says in Jeremiah 1:5, that "before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.” That's for anyone who believes it. That's for anyone who acknowledges that we weren't created from God for nothing. We were created to be impactful, inspirational, edifying, and uplifting to people. That's what important people do. That's what caring and compassionate people do. So just remember you're here on purpose for a purpose, because you're important to God.
Daily Devotional Podcast. Follow along with blog post. When I was going through a dark time -- when I had nothing -- there was a certain person who helped me sometimes. She helped me whenever she basically felt like it, but she did help, and for that I'm appreciative. But, something interesting happened after I started growing out of my despair. Something interesting started happening when I no longer needed her for anything. And something interesting happened even though I remained kind and grateful towards. The interesting thing that happened was that she started hating on me. She started treating me differently. At first I was really bothered by it, because I thought she and her husband were nice people I wanted in my life. I liked that they had a sense of compassion and were interested in helping people who were down and low. That really appealed to me, because I was raised that way; my mother was raised that way; her mother was raised that way, and it goes back to as fa
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