“the Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils
the breath of life, and the man became a living being”
Genesis 2:7
If you feel good about yourself, you will feel good about other people. In other words, only after you see yourself as a worthwhile person can you appreciate others as worthwhile people.
Many people do not feel good about themselves. They look at themselves and wonder why God made them; or they doubt that anyone can find any good in them. But remember, God sees what others, and we ourselves, can’t see. God looks at us and sees that we are worth feeling good about. We are special to God. We are valuable and important.
God has a good attitude toward you. He created you in His image and drew you out of Himself. Before you were born, you were in God. Part of His potential has been placed within you.
There could not be a beginning without God, because God got start started. Before start started, however, God had a finished plan for your life. Your potential is not a trial and error experience. God designed and predetermined you to be a success story.
Psalm 139 tells us that God planned each of your days before you were even born. Before you were formed, God knew you. He took great care in creating you. No part of your being was made without God’s knowledge and careful concern. God wants each of us. He gives us what no other part of His creation received: His breath of life (see Genesis 2:7).
Have you ever felt like you were a mistake? Have your parents told you they wished you had never been born? Are you a child whose parents have told you: “I wish you would have died when you were a baby”?
You may be a bastard, conceived out of wedlock. Being omnipotent, God had the power to prevent your conception. Yet God allowed it because He wanted you to show up. You are here because God wanted you to be born. How you came isn’t important. What matters is that you are here. And if you are here, God created you with care (see Psalm 139:13).
You are not a mistake.
