BUT - YOU ARE A CHILD OF GOD AND GOD IS YOUR PERFECT PARENT.
No matter what anyone else says or does, we ARE children of God. God is our Perfect Parent, our Father and Mother because God is pure Spirit and embodies the beautiful characteristics of Mother and Father. God is the Father Who chose for your parents to have you, Whose Spirit penetrated your tiny beginning life and gave you an immortal soul. God is the Mother Who encourages you to suckle at Her breasts of everlasting comfort.
Perhaps that's hard for you to believe right now.
Perhaps people have rejected you, lied about you, made you feel like the dirt under their feet.
Maybe someone in your family has told you that you were a mistake. That no one expected you to "come along." That your birth was a burden to endure instead of a joy to celebrate.
Or perhaps you yourself feel like a burden because you have disabilities or a chronic illness.
Maybe you sometimes feel like a failure because your marriage failed, or your job failed, or you failed an entrance exam. Or you feel as if you "failed" a loved one who committed suicide, even though you rationally know that once someone has decided to take his or her life, he/she proceeds to do it.
There are a million reasons why we can feel like failures or mistakes, or unnecessary. There's one reason why we should exist that trumps all others:
YOU ARE HERE, IN THIS WORLD, BECAUSE GOD WANTED YOU TO BE HERE, CHOSE YOU TO BE HERE. GOD TREASURES YOU!
No one made a "mistake." God chose to plant you in your mother's womb.
No one made a mistake in giving birth to you. God delights in every hair on your head, the sound of your voice, your funny quirks, your mind's capabilities, your heart's desire for love, your many gifts and talents. God knows that illness and disabilities can work to season your soul and give Him honor and glory. God can use even your failures and sins, because God brings all things to the good for those who love God, who trust God, who are open to God.
YOU ARE IRREPLACEABLE IN GOD'S EYES BECAUSE GOD NEEDS YOU TO BRING HIS KINGDOM TO LIFE IN THIS WORLD.
God needs you for the singular and unique part you have played and will play in His Heart's plans for the world. Even if no one seems to appreciate what you do, God appreciates you. God knows your entire life and rejoices every time you touch someone else's life with understanding and love. God knows the work you accomplish when you'd rather be asleep.
GOD WILL NEVER FORGET YOU!
Sometimes you may feel so isolated and alone. Unappreciated. Misunderstood. A sinner who keeps sinning. But God will never forsake you. God will send you signs of His Love: the friend who unexpectedly calls and listens to you pour out your heartbreak. The relative who sends you a birthday card. The A.A. or N.A. sponsor who's right there when you need him or her. The counselor who becomes a friend. The priest or minister who says "Yes, believe it, God has forgiven your sins. Now begin again!"
GOD HAS MADE US AN EVERLASTING PROMISE:
"Can a mother forget her infant, be without tenderness for the child of her womb? Even should she forget, I will never forget you. See - upon the palms of My Hands I have written your name." (Isaiah 49, 15 and 16.)
Every day, remember these words. Believe them, and act upon them!
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