Do We Matter?

<p>For some months now I&rsquo;ve been corresponding with a young man who is thinking deeply about faith. On one occasion he wrote, &ldquo;We&rsquo;re no more than teeny, tiny, infinitesimal blips on the timeline of history. Do we matter?&rdquo;&nbsp;</p> <p>Moses, Israel&rsquo;s prophet, would agree: &ldquo;Our days . . . quickly pass, and we fly away&rdquo; (Psalm 90:10). The brevity of life can worry us and cause us to wonder if we matter.&nbsp;</p> <p>We do. We matter because we are deeply, eternally loved by the God who made us. In this poem Moses prays, &ldquo;Satisfy us . . . with your unfailing love&rdquo; (v. 14). We matter because we matter to God.&nbsp;</p> <p>We also matter because we can show God&rsquo;s love to others. Though our lives are short they&rsquo;re not meaningless if we leave God&rsquo;s love behind. We&rsquo;re not here on earth to make money and retire in style, but to &ldquo;show God&rdquo; to others by showing them His love.&nbsp;</p> <p>And finally, though life here on earth is transient, we are creatures of eternity. Because Jesus rose from the dead we will live forever. That&rsquo;s what Moses meant when he assured us that God will &ldquo;satisfy us in the morning with [His] unfailing love.&rdquo; That &ldquo;morning&rdquo; we will rise to live and love and be loved forever. And if that doesn&rsquo;t create meaning I don&rsquo;t know what does.</p>