Sunday, August 14, 2005
ONLY ONE
ONLY ONE
Contributed by Sally I. Kennedy
Aug 14, 2005
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Psalm 139:14
A steady stream of de-planing passengers moved through the exit and
onto the concourse aisle. We were waiting for our flight to be called.
My husband was engrossed in the morning's newspaper. I busied myself
with a little game, trying to see if any of the hundreds of people that
passed by resembled anyone know.
I'm telling you, I saw it all. Airports are definitely great spots for
people-watching. A middle aged businessman, with a cell phone glued to
his ear, determinedly weaving his way through the crowd. A tiny old
lady with a cat, meowing eerily, in a carry-on cage. A thin, young man
in a t-shirt and long dred locks clipped up in back, keeping up a brisk
pace. A mom with a baby in a stroller and a toddler trying to break
free from her grasp. A young couple with red eyes, clutching each
other's hands and looking downward. People from all walks of life. All
ages, all shapes and sizes. And, nope! Not one looked anything like
anyone I know.
We have a friend whose motto is, take the best care of yourself that
you can because there's only one of you. Only one. There's only one
person like me. Only one like you, too. No one else's fingerprints will
match yours. No one else's dental ID's can duplicate yours. We are each
uniquely and individually created.
If you ever wonder whether or not you are special to God, just think,
you are the only one of you in the whole wide world. In fact, the Lord
will treat you as though you are the only one in the whole wide world.
Period.
That is good news.
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Sally I. Kennedy Author of "52 Little Parables from Ireland" (Creation
House Press) and "Words from the Heart" http://www.sallyikennedy.com
sallyikennedy@bellsouth.net
PRAYER
"May the Lord Jesus put his hands on our eyes also, for then we too
shall begin to look not at what is seen but at what is not seen. May he
open the eyes that are concerned not with the present but with what is
yet to come, may he unseal the heart's vision, that we may gaze on God
in the Spirit, through the same Lord, Jesus Christ, whose glory and
power will endure throughout the unending succession of ages." (Prayer
of Origen, c. 185-254)
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