God created us very like himself (in his image), but every one of us is unique. An original, not a copy. We each are made to assume the role of a particular child of God, and our uniqueness ties in with our unique purpose. God has ensured us a special place and purpose, giving us tasks that he specifically wants us to accomplish in our time and in our place. To this end, God also intended that we should have the freedom to love and serve him—the independent power by which we can choose to give ourselves to him, even, as I have said, to the point of death.

