Day 2 : your Not An Accident

 

Point to Ponder  : I am not an accident.

Verse to Remember : "I am your Creator. You were in my care even before you were born." Isaiah 44:2 (CEV)

Question To Consider : I know that God uniquely created me. What areas of my personality, background, and physical appearance am I struggling to accept.

Things that Stood Out From The Book : *Regardless of the circumstances of your birth or who your parents are, God had a plan in creating you. It doesn't matter whether your parents were good, bad, or indifferent. God knew that those two individuals possessed exactly the right genetic makeup to create the custom "YOU" He had in mind. They had the DNA God wanted to make you.

Answer : My family background was a bit dysfunctional. I grew up in a family of 6 Brothers and 5 Sisters and I had trauma of my dad coming home drunk. He was lovely sober but drunk he was not. He was like a Mr Jekyll and  Mr Hyde. There use to be a film we use to say he was like. ..... So Lord please help me to see what you see. I use to look in the mirror and like what I saw but now all I can see is my failures. A song started to play in my head there as i wrote that, it is by Big Daddy Weave called "Redeemed". Boy that song is amazing. The tears are rolling down my face its like I was guided to hear these lyrics   

                                                         "Redeemed"

Seems like all I could see was the struggle

Haunted by ghosts that lived in my past

Bound up in shackles of all my failures

Wondering how long is this gonna last

Then You look at this prisoner and say to me "son

Stop fighting a fight that's already been won"

I am redeemed, You set me free

So I'll shake off these heavy chains

Wipe away every stain, now I'm not who I used to be

I am redeemed, I'm redeemed

All my life I have been called unworthy

Named by the voice of my shame and regret

But when I hear You whisper, "Child lift up your head"

I remember, oh God, You're not done with me yet

I am redeemed, You set me free.

So I'll shake off these heavy chains

Wipe away every stain, now I'm not who I used to be

Because I don't have to be the old man inside of me

'Cause his day is long dead and gone

Because I've got a new name, a new life, I'm not the same

And a hope that will carry me home

I am redeemed, You set me free.

So I'll shake off these heavy chains

Wipe away every stain, 'cause I'm not who I used to be

I am redeemed, You set me free

So I'll shake off these heavy chains

Wipe away every stain, yeah, I'm not who I used to be

Oh, God, I'm not who I used to be

Jesus, oh I'm not who I used to be.

'Cause I am redeemed

Thank God, redeemed

Thank God, redeemed