inexplicable.

Isn't it something to think that billions upon billions of people have lived on this relatively small planet and realize that you are absolutely and undeniably unique? i mean, really, that is crazy, because what that means is that you and i as individuals have opportunities to change this world in a way that no one else has before, and no one ever will in the future. And i'm not talking about being that person who invents the replacement for gasoline, so we don't have to rely on things such as oil that like to spill and ruin huge swaths of ocean; and i'm not talking about being that person who is able to unite political parties and enact real change in our society with your astounding diplomacy; and i certainly am not referring to that person who can eat more calories than you use and still lose weight. No, i'm simply speaking of being you.

There is a reason why God is in the business of creating us as perfectly different people, just as there is a reason why God has done everything. The fact that He would extend His marvelous grace to every one is a testimony to the fact He loves each of us dearly and individually. He loves us not for who we compare ourselves to, and not for who we wish we could be, and not for who we wish we wouldn't be, but for who we are. Make no mistake about it, we don't deserve a single bit of His love. There is nothing that any of us have done that would merit God's mercy and grace on our behalf. And there never will be anything we could do to deserve it. But in that is the very greatest paradox that has ever existed and which will stretch on into eternity.