It's my birthday. Twenty-six years ago, today, God decided to give me life; God decided to give me a chance in this world, and a shot at being something special. I think we sometimes focus so much on being special--on wanting to be special to someone in this world--that we forget how special we already are to God. A birthday, to me, isn't important because of who we are, but because of who God is, and who He desires us to be. I feel that every year is a reminder of the unconditional love God has for us, and the truth that He has given us another 365 days to try and get it right.
I know that many people don't see birthday's as anything other than another day, but I believe it is a day we need to reflect on the year past and give thanks to God for everything He has done for us, saved us from and blessed us with. We spend so much time in our lives, throughout a year, remembering things that have hurt us and being in a constant state of annoyance or frustration over little things, that we don't take the time to truly and wholeheartedly give thanks for the biggest blessing that we can ever have; in all honesty, we sometimes fail to even realize this blessing, the blessing of life.
How amazing is it that God chose us? He decided that we deserved a chance at this life, and He loved us enough to create us, to breathe His life into us and to love us without regard to the ways we will, and do, fail Him daily.
Yes, I make a big deal about birthday celebrations, and yes, I love my birthday, but not because I want gifts or recognition from others, though those things are nice, but because it is a reminder to me that God has given me a day to call my own, He has loved me enough to create me in His image, and He has kept me alive another year, despite all my shortcomings, and decided to celebrate with me the day He decided I needed to make my way into this world, a month before I was expected, tiny, loud, and ready to make my mark.
So here's to God for creating me, Jesus for dying for me, so that I may live, and the Holy Spirit filling me, so that I may never forget.
Jesus, I trust in You.
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