It still amazes me how I might not remember what I had for breakfast — yet I can rattle off my childhood phone number. It was: 462-7611. Yes — just seven numbers back then!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And don\u2019t get me started on that ticket number at the Social Security office — the one that told me I was \u201cNumber 37.\u201d I held onto it like it was a Golden Ticket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Funny, isn\u2019t it? I forget where I set my glasses, but I can quote my Social Security number like it\u2019s part of the Ten Commandments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But when it comes to the numbers that really matter — my children\u2019s and grandchildren’s birthdays and anniversaries — those are sealed into my heart. They\u2019re not memorized; they\u2019re cherished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here\u2019s the truth, dear friends: Numbers may track our days, but they were never meant to define our worth. “So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.” Psalm 90:12<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some of us have lived half our lives as if the scoreboard was our master. We count calories, steps, salaries, wrinkles, followers, mistakes, marriages, days till baby is born, days until our income taxes are due — and we let those digits boss us around like they own us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But no score, no stat, no measurement can ever tell us who we are! Only our Maker gets that job. And He never asked us to be the top earner, the skinniest, the youngest, the strongest, or the most successful. He simply asks us to be His — loved, called, chosen, and held.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We are NOT — the salary we earn, the balance in our bank account, the size in our closet, the number of times we stumbled, the number of friends we do or don\u2019t have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We are God\u2019s child — loved, redeemed, valued. Not because of what we do — but because of Who He is. That\u2019s it. Simple. Freeing. Like exhaling after holding our breath too long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So here\u2019s my questions:
Is there a number holding you hostage?
A score? A size? A salary? A stat from your past?
If so, it\u2019s time — time to step out of the world\u2019s measuring tape and into the arms of the One Who handcrafted your purpose.
You are not a number.
You are a story. His story.
And you\u2019re still being beautifully written.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, let’s drop the numbers and keep the TRUTH! We are God’s beloved children — fully, freely — FOREVER! AND, we can count on THAT!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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