"My story is important not because it is mine, God knows, but because if I tell it right, the chances are you will recognize that in many ways it is also yours. Maybe nothing is more important than that we keep track, you and I,of these stories of who we are and where we have come from and the people we have met along the way because it is precisely through these stories, in all their particularity,as I have long believed and often said, that God makes himself known to each of us most powerfully and personally." -Frederick Buechner



Monday, April 12, 2010

"The mind-blowing truth about the God of the universe is that he does not use the performance system. In the mind of Creator God, there is no questioning your value. You are chosen by him, and if that truth alone does not melt your socks, consider this: You are also viewed as his special treasure. You don’t work toward it, earn it, or struggle to become good enough. Quite simply . . . you have been chosen." - Marilyn Meberg* (emphasis mine)

My Pastor taught from Genesis this past Sunday. He spoke of God's creation of the universe with special attention to the fact that God purposefully created man in His image. We are created to reflect God's glory. The only way to do that is to fully live the life He has given us. He created us.
He saves us. He lives in us. Why? "Quite simply...you have been chosen." Stop for a moment. Think about that. That alone should rock your world.

God, your God, chose you out of all the people on Earth for himself as a cherished, personal treasure. — Deuteronomy 7:6 (MSG)


*Meberg quote excerpted from A Grand New Day. © 2008 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Published in Nashville, Tennessee, by Thomas Nelson.
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  1. Amber DApril 13, 2010 at 11:48 AM

    I know this has been a thought of mine lately, God created man and said it is very good...who are we to disagree? We try so hard to be worthy when we already are...

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