God Made You Special and He Loves You Very Much!

Isaac has loved Veggie Tales since he was six months old.  I actually remember the first time that the boy laid eyes upon the cartoon vegetables.  Sam and I were mall walking with the boy in tow.  We have never been great mall lovers but the mall did provide a respite from the heat of South Carolina with a well laid "path" and convenient places to change a diaper or nurse a baby depending upon the need.  We were killing time and enjoying each other's company.  We were the proverbial happy little family perusing through the shops and had ended up in the children's corner of Family Christian Stores.  Cue the heavenly throng and the spotlight, dear reader.  It was here in the storefront of Family Christian in our local mall that Isaac and Larry the Cucumber and pals first met.  It was Dave and the Giant Pickle.  My child's head swung to the video.  He stopped his baby noises for a moment.  He was in love.

I do believe in love at first sight.  I have seen it.  The love Isaac has for the Veggie Tales is a real and steadfast thing.  I understand child development and do know that he was attracted to the catchy music and to the bright colors (green cucumber/red tomato).  Still, I am grateful that out of all the videos/shows that are out there that Isaac chose Veggie Tales.  Isaac has loved Veggie Tales for the better part of his fifteen years.  Can you imagine putting up with Teletubbies for that long?

During the summer, I end up watching veggies with Isaac.  He watches and rewatches his favorites.  He was overjoyed to find that certain Veggie Tales were now on Amazon Prime!  I sit with my teenage son and watch the antics of vegetables.  They end each show with a basic message: "God Made You Special and He Loves You Very Much!"

Wow!  That is worth repeating.....Dear Reader, Listen and Know....
God Made You Special and He Loves You Very Much!

Let the truth of that sink in.  God crafted Isaac, me and you for a select purpose fit just for us.  One hears of such despair and hurt that manifests in shootings and other violent acts.  So many have lost sight of that one key truth that Isaac quotes on a loop...

God Made You Special and He Loves You Very Much!

That is such a powerful truth.  That statement frees you.  It releases you from the fetters of other people's ideas of what you could or should be or what you could or should be about.  The truth releases you from the futile scurrying of society trying vainly to fit in and be like everyone else.  You cannot be like everyone else. You should not be.  God created you specially and differently.  You are important.  You matter.  You have a purpose.  The world tries to entice us to bury the truth in the business of chasing an artificial reality.  That only leads to dark depressive days.  You will never be good enough to gain the world's love and admiration. Think of our most renowned heroes.  Everyone of them faced a crowd of people shouting snide and hateful remarks.  The greater an impact they had, the more their culture hated them.  You can't please the world...but you don't have to.

God Made You Special and He Loves You Very Much!

Hold tight to that truth.  Draw your strength and motivation there.  Realize your purpose in that statement. The God of the Universe made YOU SPECIAL and LOVES YOU dearly.  How can we despair?  Don't let the world douse the light that God put in you.  Don't let it smoother out your purpose.  When you are tempted to give up dear friends....

Seek the advice of a vegetable and remember....

God Made You Special and He Loves You Very Much!