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WE have no words to describe what we are. What our purposes are. We ought to be nothing more than hollow, plastic game pieces for all we're worth, but for some reason, God--or Brilliant Creator--gave us LIFE.

An intricate breathing method, a complex digestive system, and an amazing (by our poor standards) brain. Oh, and He gave us those standards, too. Thoughts. Ability to reason. Opinions. We CAN choose to ignore the obvious--that we are nothing more than an often confused and dysfunctional mind trapped in worthless skin--but in doing so we deny (we're supposed to believe the opposite, that we're DISCOVERING) who we really are and who we're really meant to be.

In today's culture, it's nearly impossible to fully grasp this notion that we are completely not OURS. That our thoughts, our talents, what we like to do, what we don't like to do, are ALL part of a jaw-dropping plan that God our Master set into motion.

In the process of us humans using these "thoughts" that we have (What are "our own thoughts" really, when they're given to us from God? Can we lay claim to anything?) and "opinions" and "words," we, because we're NOT God (in fact, we're the antonym of God, the un-God, the anti-God, the anything-but-God), screwed up and began "thinking" that things (time, money, thoughts, women, power) were actually ours. So we started treating each other like crap and looking out for ourselves. Even the "good ones" who went to church (Is it even more than a building built with our greedy human hands?) and gave 10% of "their money" were in it for themselves. They were the ones God said He'd spit out of His mouth. Guess He doesn't like the taste of hollow plastic.

Oddly enough, though, after all this nasty, wicked cycle of sin had been set into full swing, God--the same One who hung the stars and Who's with you reading this over your shoulder--came to Earth and experienced it all like we have. The thoughts. The opinions. The words. They were all Love. He is Love. We are made in His image. Let us learn to love.

But WE can not!!! First, we have to come to grips with the life-changing truth that God loves us! While He spent His time on Earth, He Loved. So he could receive glory. Then, He died and rose again to glorify Himself and show dominion over Satan. In doing so, He raised us all up and filled our rotten, hollow core with His Love and saved us! He takes JOY in saving us! I'm blown away...