POINT TO PONDER: I am not an accident.
KEY VERSE: "This is what the LORD says--he who made you, who formed you in the womb, and who will help you ..." (Isaiah 44:2)
RICK WARREN'S THOUGHTS:
"Long before you were conceived by your parents, you were conceived in the mind of God."
"While there are illegitimate parents, there are no illegitimate children. Many children are unplanned by their parents, but they are not unplanned by God. God's purpose took into account human error, and even sin."
MY THOUGHTS:
I don't think I agree with all that Rick Warren is saying here. The mystery of human freedom contradicts some of what he says about God's plan for a person's parentage, etc. I don't think God ordains the sinful behavior that leads to some children, but I think His grace guides the birth of all children.
Nevertheless, I have to agree that I am not an accident. My place is this universe was accomodated as part of God's plan. And I believe He is personally interested in me.
"What are areas of my persoonality, background, and physical appearance I am struggling to accept?"
I don't really struggle to accept my background. I am one of the lucky ones--born to an upper middle-class white family in one of the richest nations on earth.
I do struggle to accept some of my mental make-up: depression, ADD, and addiction.
Yet remembering that I am not an accident reminds me of the redemptive things in each of these mental traits--I am blessed with sharp analytical intelligence, I have better empathy for the suffering of others, and I am learning patience.
I am not an accident. But I have made many bad choices in my life and that sometimes makes me feel like I am stuck in circumstances beyond my control. Is there a way out? Can my purpose in life be something other than trying to clean-up my past?
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