Irises and fingerprints

Maybe we've been told all our life how great we are and how much potential we have, but now it just sort of bounces off, rather than going in. When someone reminds us that God loves us, we think, 'Yes, I know.' Do we really, though? Have we grasped lately how much God truly loves us and how intricately he's made us?

Take a look at the eye. Most of us probably don't pay a whole lot of attention to our irises, but close inspection reveals how beautifully designed they are. They're not just blue, green or brown, but many different colours - each design unique. Same with fingerprints...no one has the same fingerprint design, absolutely no one. These are things we probably know, but have we considered lately the enormity of what it means? We are individually unique, in every way.

God could've grown tired of making people uniquely (after a few billion we may think he'd run out of ideas), but he loves each of us with such intensity that he made us each different. Psalm 139:13 NIV marvels: 'For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb.' God knit us together; he made us who we are, and he wants us to grasp how beautiful we are to him.



So what now? Ask God to show you how much he loves you. Then read Psalm 139 right through. As the words sink in, just enjoy your time with God. Then go tell someone else how wonderful they are in God's sight.





— SCRIPTURE —

'I am fearfully and wonderfully made.' Psalm 139:14 NIV
— SOULFOOD —

1 Ki 12-13, Luke 12:1-12, Ps 58, Pro 6:12-15