It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas at our house! Around this time every year I wind up doing most of our Christmas shopping.
Hence, this week boxes have been showing up on our front porch with exciting Christmas gifts for our precious little friends in Alaska!
Such as this gift if for an aspiring future fire-fighter. Isn’t it great!
And this gift is for an outdoor enthusiast. Love it!
When the little wooden people are done kayaking, they can load the kayak up on top of the jeep, and off they go. Isn’t that clever!
And then we have a paddlewheel boat, with plenty of room for lots of little action figures to take a ride. There are wheels underneath the boat so it can be rolled across the carpet, causing the paddlewheel on the back to turn. Brilliant! (this only works on carpet though; the paddlewheel won’t turn on hardwoods or linoleum)
I am over-the-moon excited about these fantastic Christmas gifts for our precious little friends!
These wonderful items were made with great care and great attention to detail by a master craftsman. ( TheToyBoxbyVinny – Etsy )
The paddlewheel boat did not suddenly appear by chance.
The little wooden people with the kayak, camper, & jeep did not come about by accident.
It took great skill for the master craftsman to make each piece. It took time. It required a design and a plan. It required specialty tools. Each one of these items was made on purpose … for a specific purpose.
So also, your life is not one of chance. You are not here by chance.
You are not an accident.
You are a very special masterpiece … created by the master craftsman, God!
God made you … on purpose!
God designed you … for a specific purpose!
Your background,
your experiences,
your talents,
your abilities,
your giftings,
your interests,
your likes, etc. …
You are special!
God created you on purpose! … for a purpose!
A quote which I love is: “What I can do, you cannot. What you can do, I cannot. But together we can do something beautiful for God.”
Your life is every bit as amazing and marvelous as the handcrafted little wooden people with the kayak, camper, & jeep.
Your life is every bit as intricately designed and detailed as the wooden fire truck with moving parts & intricate design details!
Your life is every bit one-of-a-kind special as the paddlewheel boat!
“You are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” – Ephesians 2:10 (NIV)
“You are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.” – Ephesians 2:10 (NLT)
You are not a mistake.
You are not an accident.
You are not here by chance.
You are here because God made you! God designed you!
You are God’s masterpiece!
