I was driving my daughter to dance one day, and she just piped up with, “Mommy, so did God make a mistake when he put me together?”
Immediately tears welled up in my eyes and I almost had to pull over. My heart just broke. I had asked myself that question many times after she was born. I remember struggling with the fact that she wasn’t ‘perfect’.
God doesn’t make mistakes.
“Oh, my sweet girl, NO. God does not make mistakes. I don’t know why he put you together the way he did. I do know He has big plans for you, and He loves you very much.”
God doesn’t make mistakes.
In our fallen world and in our human minds it is hard to fathom that children born different aren’t a mistake. It is hard for us to wrap our minds around why God would put anyone through the difficulties that come with being different.
God doesn’t make mistakes.
I can’t answer all the questions my daughter asks about her body and the challenges it brings. I can’t keep her tears from falling when she sees how clearly different, she is from her peers.
God doesn’t make mistakes.
I can point her to a God who loves her.
I can show her that she is treasured and loved by the God who created her in His image.
I can share with her how He has shown up in our lives time and time again.
I can point out the ways He has answered our prayers.
God doesn’t make mistakes.
“For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.“ Psalm 139:13-14, NIV
The maker of the universe; the creator of heaven and earth, knit each of us together. He knows every part of us. He designed us for His glory. Each stroke, each stitch was purposeful, was done deliberately.
God doesn’t make mistakes.
We may not understand the reason behind His design. There are days when I see my daughter struggle and I cry out to God to help me understand. His gentle answer always comes back:
“I don’t make mistakes. Trust me.”
