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Two of my daughters are currently expecting their first children.  They have provided wonderful sonogram pictures of their children in the womb that show these tiny people as unique individuals, new persons being formed right now and prepared for entrance into this challenging world.  We have been deeply moved as we consider the miracle of life and humbled to think that we are even able to behold life at this early stage, let alone to have participated in its formation ourselves.  As these thoughts set in it occurred to me that nothing can be added to God's design to improve on His handiwork.  The enormous complexity and design that is manifest in each human life is a direct reflection of the majesty of the Creator.  And as we live out our lives we may tend to try to add meaning, add purpose, add success to that design.  But, while our lives may continue to reflect the wonder of God and His design, is there anything we can add by our strength to enhance or increase that beauty?  I don't think so.  Our conception, formation, birth and physical growth are all testaments to God and the greatest step is the awakening of faith and yielding to God's grace.  When we have trusted in the saving work of Christ we are welcomed into God's family as His children.  Nothing we can attain or acquire can transcend that fulfillment of physical human life that is now eternally secure as Heaven's domain.  It is liberating to experience the miracle of life and then to recognize the source of that life and then to become restored to Him.  We may bear much fruit that results from that relationship but nothing we can add will enhance its worth or wonder.

Colossians 1:15 

Christ is the visible image of the invisible God.
    He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation,
¹⁶ for through him God created everything
    in the heavenly realms and on earth.
He made the things we can see
    and the things we can't see—
such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world.
    Everything was created through him and for him.
¹⁷ He existed before anything else,
    and he holds all creation together.

blessings,

Rob Smith