Dirt on His Hands
"And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul." Genesis 2:7
God in the dirt. God on His knees. God personally, intimately involved in our creation. This is the Bible's first indication of the 
value you and I have to God. From the moment Jesus got down in the dirt to make us He made His personal care for us clear. Only love could get God dirty.
Some of the most beautiful words of the Bible talk about God's care for us.
"Your hands have made me and fashioned me...." Psalm 119:73.
"But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered...." Luke 12:7.
"O Lord, You have searched me and known me. You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off. You comprehend my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word on my tongue, but behold, O Lord, You know it altogether...for You have formed my inward parts; You have covered me in my mother's womb...." Psalm 139:1-4,13
God knows us at a deep level, but to be known like this, by Him, shouldn't alarm us. If it were our mother maybe, but not God. He says "Can a woman forget her nursing child, and not have compassion of the son of her womb? Surely they may forget, yet I will not forget you. See, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands...." Isaiah 49:15
Jesus created us and He knows us. But He doesn't stop there. Not only did He get His hands dirty making us, He got them dirty again saving us. Even though He knows every little detail of our lives He didn't give up, wash His hands and walk away. He did the opposite. He got down on the earth again and got them bloody to save us. Those nail scars on His hands are eternal evidence that you and I mean more to Him than life itself.
When someone knows all about us, and still loves us like this, that love is secure. Romans 5:8 says, "But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us."
We don't need to wonder any more if someone would love us if they really knew us. God did, He does and He will. Neither do we need to wonder if our life is valuable or not. Jesus dirty, blood stained hands prove that it is. Our life is worth His life, the life of the Son of God. The value of God's life is the value of ours. No estimate could ever be put on that price, and no amount of time will ever erase the evidence in His hands.
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