Every Life Has Value

In the last couple of days I've been thinking about God's perspective on the value of a "single solitary life." When we've heard or read those words, they were always used in reference to the life of Christ, or some heroic individual who gave their lives, their fortunes, and their passion to change the world around them. History abounds with such figures. We, in turn, are all enjoined and prodded to "make our lives count" for God. We talk about "service" and being "good servants of God." Our lives are to be about service, first and foremost.

As right sounding as this mindset is, it's still based upon the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, and will still kill us all dead as a doornail. Instead of performance-based value, what if the value of a life depended upon the One Who valued it? What if the value of any life, irrespective of any form of productivity, had value just because it existed and was created by the One Who gave it value? What if this life was all about Him, and not us? What if God really meant it when He said that He sent Jesus to be the Saviour of the world, and not just the success stories? What if, God really loved us all?