But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God. They are reborn—not with a physical birth resulting from human passion or plan, but a birth that comes from God.
John 1:12-13
As a Christmas gift to myself, I decided to get one of those kits where you can have your DNA analyzed and find out about your history. I sent the kit off today with excitement and more than a little apprehension. What happens if my DNA comes back to inform me that my family tree doesn't fork? What happens if I find out that my ancestry was filled with "folks of ill repute"? What would people think if they discovered that they were related to me? What if my ethnicities all point to "Other"?
I find it amazing that scientists can find something that God created us with and use it to find out all sorts of information about us. And we have just, in the last few years, figured out how helpful DNA can be, and God has filled us with this information since the dawn of time.
While I await the results, I am confident of one fact...my true family DNA is God's. You see, as believers we have been given the right to claim our place as children of God! God has so constructed our spiritual DNA so that it will always come back to Him.
David was not kidding that we are fearfully and wonderfully made and that before anyone saw us, God saw us as He was knitting our bits and pieces together to form us into the child He would include in His plans. Take just a moment and thank God for the families He has included us in and celebrate His plans for us.
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