Good morning. We are back to the handout sheets. You were not a mistake, for all your days are written in My book. Isn't that super to know that we are not a mistake? Too many people in the world feel like they were a mistake. God wrote down all of our days even before we were born. That does not mean that He wanted all of the things that happened to us to happen. It does mean that He knew they were going to happen before they happened. He even tried to warn us they were going to happen; but we either did not hear Him or we ignored Him. What is He trying to tell us right now that is going to happen, if we don't heed His warning? I determined the exact time of your birth and where you would live. We were not born in the wrong century, as some people believe they were. Even though we may not have gotten to this exact spot the best way possible, God made it happen anyway. We are not here just to take up space. God has a plan for us at this point in His timeline. I know it's hard to not just think about the now; rather we should think about how God wants to use us to fulfill His plan on earth. He needs people committed to Him to fulfill it. You are fearfully and wonderfully made. That's because: I knit you together in your mother's womb; and brought you forth on the day you were born. God does not make a mistake – especially when He created you. Father thank You for creating the reader. Thank You that he/she is fearfully and wonderfully made. He/she has the exact qualities You want him/her to have. Help him/her to discover what You want him/her to do with the rest of his/her life.

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