By Gina Caswell Kelly
Have you ever awoken totally disoriented? It happened to me this week. I am not a good sleeper. At all. I can usually rest, but sleep does not always come readily for me. But one night this week, on Tuesday night, I slept so hard that when my alarm went off on Wednesday morning it startled me awake and my first thought was why is my alarm going off this early on Sunday. Then, I finally woke up good and I am now thinking it is Monday. It took me all day to shake the Monday off the Wednesday. Weird. I often wonder why our brains do things like this. I wonder how brains work at all!
It has always amazed me that we are able to do so many things at once. For instance, right now, I am looking out the window at the courthouse and see the mailman pull away and even as I am typing and thinking about what I am typing, I am also thinking that I guess I didn’t have any mail today and, at the same time thinking about other things that I need to do this morning. So how do our brains do this?? I can tell you this, it wasn’t some big bang that made it happen! It was by creative design by a very creative Creator.
We are, as David says in Psalm 139, “Fearfully and wonderfully made.” We are made by a Creator who created each one of us intentionally. He does not just have an assembly line cranking out people left and right. No. He looked down at the earth and thought, what would be really good right in that spot, among those people is a Kim or a Rachelynn or every single one of us!
He created you with a plan for your life. He created you with delight in His eyes at what all you would be and what all you would accomplish. Of course, He knows that we are not going to always be obedient. We are not going to always follow His path exactly. But at the same time as he was busy creating you, He was also creating a plan that would include forgiveness when you sin and let you start fresh each day. Even each minute! Oh how precious a gift is this great gift of forgiveness!
As you go about your day, take some time to recognize the glory of God’s creation – YOU! Recognize the value your life holds to Him and so many others. Remember that none of this was done by accident. It was God’s very intent to create you! Yes! You!!
Allow time in your life today to be grateful for this wonderful loving Father who creates, loves, and forgives. It will make a difference!
