While visiting Flint, Michigan, several years ago, I noticed some huge stamping machines in a field next to a sprawling automobile factory. They had been previously used to make auto parts. I was told that they are kept for 10 years in case replacement parts are needed.

Unlike cars, human beings cannot be duplicated. When a person is conceived, it's as if the Creator destroys the mold.

The next time you go to the store, school, or workplace, observe people. What a study in variety! We come in all shapes, sizes, and colors. Each has distinctive physical features—bushy eyebrows, stubby hands, a brawny build—the list goes on. And no two people have identical fingerprints. Truly every man, woman, and child is unique.

In Psalm 139, David praised his Creator and acknowledged that he was "fearfully and wonderfully made" (v.14) "and skillfully wrought" (v.15). So is each of us. Our Creator-God delights in our individuality. We don't have to envy others or feel inferior to them. Instead, we ought to express our uniqueness by serving God as only we can.

When we accept our place in the Creator's grand design, we see how good it is to be "one of a kind."  — Dennis J. De Haan