Everyone is important to God and in His eyes we are all masterpieces. Each person has a unique design and we are each wired for a purpose, the way that God wants us to be wired. We all have gifts, talents, passions and abilities that were given to us by our creator and that we must use because they are rooted in the grace of God.

Hear many examples, many of them personal, of how each of us have “something big” that overshadows our daily lives and influences our actions and relationships. These big somethings can include illness, divorce, afflictions, addictions, etc. Hear an analogy between our overshadowing “big something” to the “mat” with which Jesus exhorted the blind man in John, Chapter 5 to “pick up and walk”. We all have a mat, that we carry but the good news is that God will always provide an escape and He has already provided us a Savior to help us carry the burden. It’s important to share our stories because God will use us to comfort and heal others.