Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex!
Your workmanship is marvelous – how well I know it.
Psalm 139:14 (NLT)
God celebrates uniqueness. When He formed man and woman, he didn’t create a mold. You won’t find a “made in China” tag stuck to the bottom of your foot. God handmade each one of us so no two individuals are alike.
To each person, God bestows distinctive traits and personality. Not one of us is ordinary for God does not settle for run-of-the-mill. He delights in fashioning unique masterpieces; each person, each sunrise and sunset, each snowflake.
It’s okay to be different, to be unique. It’s alright to have special needs, to think differently. God yearns for us to embrace our exclusive qualities and be who God created us to be – a masterpiece that brings glory and honor to our creator.
We should not be reluctant to step out from the crowd. After all, the heavens do: “Hiding in our sky are a few stellar oddballs worth seeking out. These stars aren’t your run-of-the-mill balls of hydrogen and helium. They seem to play by their own rules, standing out among their neighbors as true eccentrics, unapologetic in their uniqueness. In defying our expectations and even our common sense, they force astronomers to reconsider the limits of what is physically possible and, occasionally, to rethink their core assumptions about our universe.” (1)
Unique? A star that stands out from all the others? If so, you are a special person created by God for His purpose. You have a platform God can use. Will you stay in the crowd or will you step out and show the world how amazing you are? Dare to be one of those ‘stellar oddballs worth seeking out’ and shine for all the world to see.
Thought: “Remember, you are enough because God created you in His image and for a unique purpose and plan.” – Tim Tebow
For further reading:
- Jeremiah 1:5
- Romans 12:6-8
- Ephesians 2:10
- 1 Peter 4:10-11
Excerpt from my devotional, A Year in God’s Classroom
(1) futurism.com, “five-weird-stars-found-galaxy”, Article by John Fuentes, Feb. 4, 2015