I am sharing the story of a song called No Life Too Small today. This particular song came to me in October 14-15, 1992 and the way it came to me still stirs my soul to this day. I’d like to share some passages from God’s Word as it relates to this song:

You will make known to me the way of life;

In Your presence is fullness of joy;

In Your right hand there are pleasures forever.

Psalm 16:11 NASB

Jesus said, “…life is more than food, and the body [is more] than clothing.” Luke 12:23

When Christ, who is our life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory. Colossians 3:4 NASB

I’ll get right to the point. We hear so much about the rights of different people groups and the rights of a woman over her own body and we hear so many opposing views on what truth is. I believe God’s Word is THE Truth and that life begins at conception…and far too often, we conveniently forget about the rights of that unborn human being…that baby. To hear the world’s view concerning an unborn child it seems as if that life is too small and too insignificant to give him or her a second thought.

The song, No Life Too Small, was written for our friends, Wayne and Tina and for their son, Aaron Bryce. Aaron was born prematurely and went to be with Jesus. What had broken my heart the most about Aaron’s death was the fact that I had watched Wayne and Tina as they had prepared for the birth – so excited and wonder-filled at the prospect of their first child.

I remembered the way I had felt when Melinda first told me that she was pregnant with our first child, a son. The news took my breath away and joy filled my heart. How would I have felt if my firstborn son had gone to be with Jesus?

Trying to put myself in the place of this precious family at suffering such a great loss took me to a place of sorrow I did not enjoy, yet God used this place to show me the value He places on life.

Aaron had departed this life…but He truly was with Jesus. Even though his little life had been so brief, I was left with the realization that his life was every bit as significant as mine. All I had to do was think of the grieving parents and the sense of loss they must have felt to know that great value had been placed upon this precious little child. If anyone understands how these grieving parents must have felt, it is our heavenly Father Who gave His only Son to save and redeem us all. There is no life too small for God to see and love and care for…

Jesus said to him [ His disciple, Thomas], "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father except through Me.” John 14:6 NASB

Life is a gift. Its quality not in the length or in the level of comfort we attain, but rather, in the knowledge that each one is so precious to the Creator no matter how brief or insignificant it may seem to us. This song came as a reminder that no life is insignificant to God – no matter how long or short it is lived. Every life is of the greatest value to Him…no matter how small. It would do us all good to remember that truth.

Every human life is of highest value to our Maker. Do we value every human life? Let’s ask the Lord to show us how to express value to others around us…no matter how insignificant they may appear to the world at large. Let’s just be Jesus to the world around us.

Dennis Jernigan

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