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Day 2 - You Are Not an Accident 

When people get annoyed from looking for their purpose and not finding it, it is often easy to just give up and think they are just a big mistake. The problem with that is that the Bible tells us that no one is a mistake, and that God has a great plan for each of us. If you let yourself think everything is a chance or accident, then you will wind up not caring about yourself or other people, which can lead to depression, boredom, selfishness, anger, hate, racism, suicide, and all kinds of other things which hurt us and others. God doesn’t want that.

The Bible tells us, “You saw me before I was born and scheduled each day of my life before I began to breathe. Each day was recorded in your book.” -Psalm 139.16. This means that God designed you. That means he knew who would be your parents. He knew what race you would be. He knew how tall you would get. He knew your talents, when you would be born, and how many hairs you would have on your head.

Sometimes these things make us upset, when we’d like to look different or have different parents or live in a different time. But when we accept that God loves us so much that he created us to be something special for exactly where he put us, then we have to accept that we are not a mistake and we have hope for a real purpose.

We also know from the Bible that “Long before he laid down the earth’s foundations, he had us in mind, had settled on us as the focus of his love.” -Ephesians 1.4a. The fact that we are alive is no coincidence. It had to be carefully planned. God designed us, and this world, because he loves us.

Thinking about my purpose:
Know. I am not an accident.
Remember. “I am your Creator. You were in my care even before you were born.” -Isaiah 44.2
Think about it. If I believe that God designed me to be just like I am, what about me do I need to learn to accept? [looks, personality, family, where you live, etc.]

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