Being Special

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”

And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works, and I know this very well.

For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.”

But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Because you are precious and honored in My sight, and because I love you, I will give men in exchange for you and nations in place of your life.

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.

My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in secret, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.

But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.