Chapter 2: I am not an accident

This chapter symbolizes the fact that humans are not accidents in God's eye. Warren's comment about illegitimate parents is well said.

While there are illegitimate parents, there are no illegitimate children. Many children are unplanned by their parents, but they are not unplanned by God.

This quotation reminded me of a Simpsons episode, where Bart and Homer where fighting and Homer bluntly says to Bart. "You were an accident... an accident..." The Simpsons puts humor into the context of Bart's birth before Homer and Marge's wedding, however throughout the years the cartoon does emphasize the love of Homer and Marge with regards to their children. And FYI, the Simpsons is very blunt about their Christian faith. They are the only television "family" who go to church every Sunday. I am referencing the Simpsons because of the love that they show as a family. This fits in well with Warren's message that God is love. Warren mentions that God does not have love. But literally God is love. Some may ask, what is love? Love is simply "a desire for another's good." So God desires a good for each and everyone of us. God does not desire bad things for us, if he did I would tell Him to stop drinking the "haterade". Warren sums up the chapter so well with the following

We discover that meaning and purpose only when we make God the reference point of our lives.

This is really deep if we step back and think about a purpose. The purpose in our lives is the realization that God is the "the desire for another's good" and that a human's purpose is to put focus on God.