Thank you, God, for uniqueness

I have recently taken up the hobby of painting.

As a result, one thing that has happened is that I

am learning to see things differently, I am

learning to see parts, not the whole picture.

Another thing that has happened is that I

am noticing the uniqueness of the things around

me. Yes, I have always known that almost

everything in nature is unique, but knowing and

seeing is different. I look at two trees and see them as different. When I first started painting, I

wanted perfect trees. The problem is that when I took a good long look at a tree, most of them are

not perfect but they are all different. Stars are not always perfect, but they are distinctive. I love

that everyone and every created thing is unique. We all have our own stamp. That's amazing! God

created all of the fish, but each one is special. God created people, and each person is unique. My

DNA is not like anyone else’s. For me, that means that it’s ok for me to be different because that is

how God created me. It’s ok if two cats aren’t exactly the same because God wanted them to be

unique. Even mountain ranges and flowers have a distinctiveness about them. So when I paint, I

celebrate and thank God that He created everything to be a one-of-a-kind.

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