My Life Has Great Beauty And Infinite Value
Wednesday May 25, 2016
In some recovery circles we affirm this “Life Affirmation #2” on a regular basis: My life is of great beauty and infinite value. God has a plan for my life that is meaningful, purposeful and joyful. There is a work for me to do today that will bless others and give me deep satisfaction.
God knew each one of us before we were even formed in our mother’s womb and considers us highly valuable. Our value is not due to our wealth or our education or our social standing. We are valuable because we bear the image of our Creator.
[God said] “Let us make human beings in our image, to be like us.” Then God looked over all he had made, and he saw that it was very good! (Genesis 1:26, 31 NLT)
God is a Holy God and all His ways are perfect. The earth is adorned with the beauty of God. God has gifted the finest artists throughout history with vision and skill to paint and sculpt beautiful pieces that we could gaze on and appreciate. God is the ultimate artist and He has marvelously expressed that beauty in us. With care and love and attention to the finest details, God crafted each one of us.
You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb. Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it. You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb. You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed. (Psalm 139:13-16 NLT)
God’s attention and artistic skill in us was not completed on the day we were born. As a weaver takes many threads and weaves them into intricate patterns for a wall hanging or a rug, so God continues to bring beauty into our being and world as He weaves together the details of each day of our life. Every detail has been recorded. God is making something beautiful of our life.
To all who mourn in Israel, he will give a crown of beauty for ashes, a joyous blessing instead of mourning, festive praise instead of despair. In their righteousness, they will be like great oaks that the Lord has planted for his own glory. (Isaiah 61:3 NLT)
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