5-Minute Devotions for Teens: A Guide to God and Mental HealthSample

God Made You Awesome

Are you artsy? Athletic? Loud? Quiet? Serious or hilarious? Competitive or easygoing? Do you like to build things, cook, or go for hikes? No matter what you like or how you look, you are made fearfully and wonderfully by God. And that word “fearfully” doesn’t mean “scary”—it means “to inspire awe,” as in awesome.

The world (including social media) will try to tell you otherwise. That you don’t measure up.

But let it sink in that the Creator of the universe, who is in charge of everything, intentionally sewed you together stitch by stitch before you were born. And all those special things about you—the shape of your eyebrows, the sound of your laugh, the things that make your brain tick, that you’re curious about, that bring an uncontrollable smile to your face—God put all that in you, and He did it on purpose. God made you, and He made you awesome.

What makes you you? What do you love to do? What excites or calms you? Sketch a picture of yourself or of something that symbolizes you in a journal or notebook. Thank God for making you exactly who you are. Write the words “wonderful” and “awesome” somewhere on the page to remind yourself how God created you.