You do things God does. Think. Question. Reflect. You blueprint buildings, chart sea crossings, and swallow throat lumps when your kids say their alphabet. You, like Adam, have a soul.

make a careful exploration of who you are and the work you have been given, and then sink yourself into that" (Gal. 6: 4 MSG).

but he reserved his breath, or a soul, for you.

God endows us with gifts so we can make him known.

You are valuable because you exist. Not because of what you do or what you have done - but simply because you are.

God, the Master Weaver. He stretches the yarn and intertwines the colors, the ragged twine with the velvet strings, the pains with the pleasures. Nothing escapes his reach. Every king, despot, weather pattern, and molecule are at his command. He passes the shuttle back and forth across the generations, and as he does, a design emerges. Satan weaves; God reweaves.

I praise you because you made me in an amazing and wonderful way. [ Psalm 139:14 NCV ]

Look back over your life. What have you consistently done well? What have you loved to do? Stand at the intersection of your affections and successes and find your uniqueness.

Don't worry about skills you don't have. Don't covet strengths others do have. Just extract your uniqueness.

When you look at all the mistakes you've made, you see a mess. Like the innkeeper, you just want to repaint it and start over. But God sees what you can't. He sees a canvas with unique possibilities. When he goes to work on you, the result is breathtaking.

In the great orchestra we call life, you have an instrument and a song, and you owe it to God to play them both sublimely.

No problem is unsolvable. No life is irredeemable. No one's fate is sealed. No one is unloved or unlovable.