{"id":56,"date":"2026-01-10T01:56:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T01:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prodigalpathways.com\/?page_id=56"},"modified":"2026-01-10T02:19:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T02:19:12","slug":"day-1-you-were-not-an-accident","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/prodigalpathways.com\/?page_id=56","title":{"rendered":"Day 1 &#8211; You Were Not an Accident"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Day 1 &#8211; You Were Not an Accident<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Devotional<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before anyone made decisions about you, I knew you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You were not an accident I allowed or a mistake I corrected later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You were not overlooked and then reassigned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I saw you before plans changed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I knew you before names were written or erased.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nothing about you surprised Me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What others could not carry was never a measure of your worth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was a measure of their limits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You did not arrive already \u201ctoo much\u201d or \u201cnot enough.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You arrived exactly as I intended\u2014unfinished, unfolding, deeply loved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You don\u2019t have to understand everything today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You don\u2019t have to believe everything at once.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just let this truth rest near you:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You were known long before you were chosen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And you are still known now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You don\u2019t need to respond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Scripture for Today<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bible.com\/bible\/111\/JER.1.5\">Jeremiah 1:5<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bible.com\/bible\/111\/PSA.139.13-16\">Psalms 139:13\u201316<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/prodigalpathways.com\/?page_id=59\">Day 2 \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Day 1 &#8211; You Were Not an Accident Devotional Before anyone made decisions about you, I knew you. 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