I wanted to take just a moment to send you a note to wish you a Happy Birthday, and to let you know how valuable you are in God’s sight. The Bible tells us in Psalm 139:13 “For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.” Scriptures such as this give us a wonderful assurance that absolutely NONE Of us are here on planet Earth by accident, but we are all of “divine design”.
The way to true happiness and peace is to determine the plan God has for our life and then do our best to walk in His perfect will. He has promised us that He will never leave us or forsake us, so we have great assurance that IF (that big, little word) we will continue to walk with Him, the way will be clear. Birthdays are a reminder of our beginning, and as we grow older, we find that they are also a reminder of the fact that one day there will be an “end”.
While that may not sound encouraging, we also know that for the Christian the “end” is only the “beginning” as eternity with Christ is our ultimate goal.
Here’s a nice short story by Elsie Ratowski I thought you’d enjoy:
When we visit my parents’ grave site, my boys always help water the flowers. One day they argued over who should get the water. Knowing my youngest was born one month after my father died, my elder son said, “You can’t do it. You didn’t even know Grandpa.” To that my little one replied, “Oh yes I did. I was coming down when he was going up.”
— Elsie Ratowski, Prudenville, MI. Today’s Christian Woman, “Heart to Heart.”
I want to encourage you to redeem the time God has given to you, and to live every day with God’s will in mind.
Happy Birthday!
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