Who am I? - Glaciers and God's Plan for Us

Do you ever wonder if your life has any significance? Could you be part of some grand, divine plan and if so, why isn't this more evident in your life? Glaciers suggest an interesting analogy related to these questions. Glaciers are "rivers" of solid ice which to human sense move imperceptibly (measured in inches per year), but steadily, gradually carving broad valleys through majestic mountains. No one doubts the power of a glacier and all agree that the peaks, ridges, valleys, and lakes that result from glacial action are awe-inspiring and beautiful.

Think for a moment about what forms a glacier - individual snowflakes! Tiny, fragile snowflakes are the building blocks that form and propel a massive, powerful glacier. In cold mountain regions, snowflakes fall, accumulate, are packed down and compressed into ice. If snow accumulation exceeds seasonal melting, the ice gets thicker until it is hundreds or thousands of feet thick. The weight of the ice eventually causes it to flow away from the areas of accumulation and as it flows it slowly tears away and wears away rock and transports the rock tens or hundreds of miles from its source.

You are a snowflake in God's kingdom. Considered individually, it might appear that your life isn't particularly significant. But you are part of God's glacier! Together with other snowflake individuals, God is using you to create a beautiful landscape in His kingdom.

Mary Baker Eddy, a Christian healer and founder of the Christian Science church, wrote this about man's identity and purpose to the members of one of her church branches: "As an active portion of one stupendous whole, goodness identifies man with universal good. Thus may each member of this church rise above the oft-repeated inquiry, What am I? to the scientific response: I am able to impart truth, health, and happiness, and this is my rock of salvation and my reason for existing."

Each one of us is part of universal good and is able to impart truth, health, and happiness. This is who we are.

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