Life

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 139:14-18 

 

As a Chaplain, there are some tense situations I encounter and split second decisions must be made and answers to be given that are easy to comprehend and truth!  This is by no means easy when you are "under the gun" so to speak.  I'm willing to wager that many of us have, at one time or another, wished that we had not been born.  Yep, I'm guilty.

The more I pondered my wish, the more I began to wonder: 

• "Why would God go to all the trouble of inserting me into this lineage just so I could leave a blank in the line?"  
• "Why would God choose to write down every day of my life in His book if I was just going to be a blank?"
• "Why would God create me in such a way that I am still here, in spite of my past?"
• "Where in Scripture does it say God created life to be thrown away like trash?"
• "Why would God give me the GIFT of life when He didn't have to?"

Believe it or not, God has a purpose for each and every one of us.  We may not know that purpose until we get to Heaven (and by then it won't matter), but it's true!

If you EVER find yourself thinking this world would be better off without you, stop for a moment and THINK!  God created you to be HIS child!  God brought you into this world for His reasons and His purpose which, by the way, is too awesome for words.  God gave you the GIFT of life, it is not to be taken lightly.

Consider that.