So our house is coming up in an oval out here. It is a metaphor for our lives.

We're remembering that God has a plan for us and that He wants to build us and to

men and women who the generations will find shade under the branches of our

lives. And so really isn't about your life. It's not about my life. It's not

about your plans and your dreams and what you want to do and what I want to do

and how you want to spend your time and how I want to spend my time. It really

is a stewardship of life. Hello. And God gave it to us. So none of us decided to

come out of the womb. God did that. None of us decided to get conceived inside

of our mother's womb. God did that. None of us breathed our first breath on our

own. God did that and God did that because He is a good and amazing God and He

chose to bring you into the world with great purpose and with great plans.

Nobody just pops out on planet Earth accidentally. So let's don't buy into any

kind of philosophy or theory that tells us that life doesn't matter. Life is a

gift from God and we are all uniquely woven together by God Almighty. And the

same great God who architects us in the womb is the same great God who has

blueprints for our lives today. So it's not about me and you just say, well you

know what I think what I'd like to do with my life is X. Really isn't my life.

It's really his life on loan to me with a free will which is pretty scary. And

a very short timeline and opportunity. And in that opportunity I just want to

remind us one more time today that God's purpose and plan for you isn't that

you'll just sort of barely make it through life doing what you think you can do

but God's purpose and plan is to plant you and to grow you and to the kind of

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