God's Signature

GOD'S SIGNATURE:

A friend of mine took his son to an Atlanta Braves baseball game several years ago.
They got to the ballpark early enough to stand in the left field stands and try to catch batting practice home runs. His son,Jeffrey, caught one hit by Atlanta Braves All Star, Chipper Jones. A couple of months later, my friend noticed in the paper that Chipper was going to be signing autographs in a local mall. My friend took his son to the mall, and Chipper kindly signed the ball, dating it the day the boy caught the ball.

Before the signature, the ball looked just like every other baseball. There was nothing to make it seem unique. For all anyone else knew, it was bought at some discount store.

The same is true with us. In the scheme of nature, Homo sapiens are not unique. We are not the only ones with flesh, hair, blood and hearts, even. What makes us special is not only our body, but the signature of God on our lives. We are His special work of art. We are created in His image to do good deeds. We are significant, not because of what we are, but because of whose we are, and what He has made us capable of doing for Him. God knew us before we were born. He told us that when He said in Jeremiah 1:5, "I chose You".