We Are All Human (Lent Devotion 2021)

"THEN THE LORD GOD FORMED A MAN FROM THE DUST OF THE GROUND AND BREATHED INTO HIS NOSTRILS THE BREATH OF LIFE, AND THE MAN BECAME A LIVING BEING." (GENESIS 2:7)

If you are anything like I am, you have made mistakes. You have made bad decisions and chances are good you have failed at something.

Maybe you’ve made the excuse: “I am just human!” We toss this phrase around like it is a bad thing. We use it as though it is bad to be human or to make mistakes. But, we all make mistakes. Not because we are human, but because we act without asking direction or being obedient to the One who created us. We think we have all the answers. We act without communicating with the One who made us human.

When God, our Father, created us on the sixth day, He saw all He had made and said, “This is very good!” This is the only time God said this statement! All the other times, it was just "good." When He created everything else, He spoke it all into existence. But when our Father created us, He formed us with His hands out of the dust of the ground and breathed life into us. He took His time to create us like a potter creating a jar out of clay. God, lovingly and gently, created us and put us together and gave us His breath.

What pure love God showed us in the steps he took to create us - humans. Make no mistake about it, humans are beautiful and glorious creations of God Himself.

Satan whispers to us that we are bad, but even when we make mistakes, always remember that God still said we are "very good!"

Prayer: God, Great Creator, you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. You created me to be in a relationship with you. You created me from the ground, and to the ground I will one day return, but I rest in the assurance that while I am here on earth, you will help me to stay focused on You and the great love you show me. During this Lenten season, help me to redirect my thoughts and actions to reflect the goodness you created in me and the righteousness I have through my Savior, your Son, Jesus. In His name, I pray. Amen.

Rev. Rick McCafferty (Inupiaq)
Vancouver, Washington