I love the part of Mr. Holland’s Opus where one of his students, now a governor, gives a speech about how Mr. Holland has impacted so many lives. She says that she and so many others are who they are because of his influence. She tells him, “We are your symphony.”

You and I are part of God’s symphony. We are each notes in the opus He has been creating and performing since He first breathed life into man. We are His song of hope to the world that says that this is not as good as it gets. That the best is yet to come. Or that the best has already come and is taking over and His name is Jesus.

We are God’s love letters to the world. People read our lives and see how much Jesus loves them. People hear not only what we say, but how we act, and that speaks volumes of how much God means to us and how much we value Him.

We are God’s works of art. We were each at one point an ugly mess, without form or shape, without purpose or point. But He has taken us and made us beautiful. He has taken you and is forming you into His masterpiece, His trophy of grace that will one day amaze and astound the world.

We are God’s children. He sought us out before we ever thought of seeking Him. He came for us before we knew we needed rescuing. He paid everything to win our hearts. We each were worth enough for Him to go to a  bloody and tortuous death on a cross. You were worth it! I was worth it!

 I don’t know about you, but I want to be the best note in God’s symphony. I want my life to be the best love letter it can be. I want to be God’s masterpiece. I want to be a child who makes his father proud. I hope you do, too. Let our lives from now on be one big THANK YOU to God for all He’s done for us.

Amen and amen.