I've been re-reading the The Purpose Driven Life, (#purposedrivenlife) which is one of the biggest selling non-fiction Christian books in history.
It's written by Rick Warren, (#RickWarren) whose photo is at the top of this post. Rick does a simply fantastic job of delving into the age-old question, why are we here? from a Christian perspective.
The first time I read the book (several years ago), I didn't do as Rick suggested, read only one chapter a day. I flew through it and, consequently, didn't gain as much insight as I am this time 'round.
For instance, in Chapter 31, Rick goes into detail regarding our unique personalities. He writes: "We don't realize how truly unique each of us is. DNA molecules can unite in an infinite number of ways. That number is 10 to the 2,400,000,000th power. The number is the likelihood that you'd find somebody just like you. If you were to write out that number with each zero being one inch wide, you'd need a strip of paper 37,000 miles long!"
WOW! That one fact regarding how special each of us is, just blows me away.
Enough to say that the scripture which reads: "I am fearfully and wonderfully made," is quite true!
(Psalm 139:14).
So today, if you are feeling like you aren't someone special, please realize that simply isn't true. In fact you are special -- something like 10 to the 2,400,000,000th power!!!
Link to Purpose Driven Life
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