Insignificantly Significant
Seven billion people inhabit this world. You are one person in seven billion. That's a pretty hefty crowd to get lost in!
I used to think that I was fairly unique in my appearance and personality. But then, a friend of mine at camp said that I looked and acted like a character in an Adam Sandler movie.
This week, even, when I went to pick up my daughter from school, there was a man walking out of the building. He gave me an excited, smiling greeting. I was really excited that someone was actually happy to see me, even though I had no idea who he was! But then he apologized and told me that he was only excited because he thought I was somebody else.
It's easy enough to get lost, overlooked, and ignored in a crowd of seven billion. It's even easier when you can be mistaken for someone else. If we don't have a solid sense of who we are, it can be easy as well to not even recognize ourselves. That can be discouraging and disheartening if we allow it to be!
But then I remember a few things:
Out of seven billion people, my wife chose to marry me!
Out of seven billion people, there are two beautiful children who exclusively love me as their daddy!
Out of seven billion people, the God of the universe knows my name and everything about me, past, present, and future!
In my insignificance, my life has an eternal significance. The same is true for you. To the world, you may just be a person - one in seven billion. But to someone out there, you are invaluable. You are priceless. You are the world.
Don't get downhearted if you start to feel lost in the crowd. God made you. God loves you. God has a purpose for your life that He didn't make anyone else to fulfill.
You are a masterpiece.
You are important.
In your insignificance, you are immeasurably significant.
I used to think that I was fairly unique in my appearance and personality. But then, a friend of mine at camp said that I looked and acted like a character in an Adam Sandler movie.
This week, even, when I went to pick up my daughter from school, there was a man walking out of the building. He gave me an excited, smiling greeting. I was really excited that someone was actually happy to see me, even though I had no idea who he was! But then he apologized and told me that he was only excited because he thought I was somebody else.
It's easy enough to get lost, overlooked, and ignored in a crowd of seven billion. It's even easier when you can be mistaken for someone else. If we don't have a solid sense of who we are, it can be easy as well to not even recognize ourselves. That can be discouraging and disheartening if we allow it to be!
But then I remember a few things:
Out of seven billion people, my wife chose to marry me!
Out of seven billion people, there are two beautiful children who exclusively love me as their daddy!
Out of seven billion people, the God of the universe knows my name and everything about me, past, present, and future!
In my insignificance, my life has an eternal significance. The same is true for you. To the world, you may just be a person - one in seven billion. But to someone out there, you are invaluable. You are priceless. You are the world.
Don't get downhearted if you start to feel lost in the crowd. God made you. God loves you. God has a purpose for your life that He didn't make anyone else to fulfill.
You are a masterpiece.
You are important.
In your insignificance, you are immeasurably significant.
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