Welcome to my personal opinion!

How has your point of view been determined? On what do you base your belief system? What shapes your opinions?

All of us look at our world around us and interpret what we see based upon our most basic beliefs. This perspective is often referred to as our "worldview." We see what goes on in the world and our world view determines whether we think those things are good or bad, positive or negative. And that worldview also determines how we will react to everything that we encounter. So you see, it really is a matter of perspective.

Up front I will confess that I hold to what is known as a Biblical Worldview. My commitment to the Bible as being the Word of God, and my faith in the One revealed to us in that totally unique book and through His Holy Spirit has provided the lens through which I view the world around me.

So, if you choose to read what I have written there will likely be some things you will agree with and some which you will not. That will be determined by your own personal worldview.

My hope is that what I write will challenge you to better understand what you have chosen to base your worldview upon, and if it is not based on the unchanging Word of God, that you might become convinced, like I am convinced, that His Word is truth and serves to guide the believer through life's journey toward the "abundant life" Jesus promised in John 10:10.

Sunday, April 19, 2009

You are special!

It is a busy Sunday and this will be brief. Yesterday, I wrote of God's work of creation and the fact that he spoke everything into being . . . well, almost everything. Genesis 2:7 tells us how God went about creating man: "And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being."

In chapter one God created multiple galaxies just by a spoken word, but in the verse above we see God take a handful of dust, shape it into a person (Adam) and breath life into him. Ever wonder if you are special in any way? Have you questioned whether God cares about you? This ought to answer those questions.

He made you special and he gave you a special nature that is above all other creation. You were made in His image (I'll address what this means at a later time). Don't ever count yourself out . . . don't think of yourself, or any other human being, as being worthless. You are of great worth, because you are the crowning achievement of God's creation. The stars are magnificent, the animal world something to behold, the Earth a sphere adorned in great beauty and wonder . . . but all this pales in comparison to you and me. We are truly special!

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