Every person born into the world is called by God out of non-being

Every person born into the world is called by God out of non-being: initially, they did not exist, and then, by the powerful, creative Word, they come into existence. They live in this world, in this world they mature and are formed as a person. This world represents for them the beginning of eternal life beyond the boundary of death. A person is born for a life that is relative, transient, fragile, and from that life, through the gates of death, they grow into eternity. For them, who emerge from non-being, birth is the beginning of life.

+ Metropolitan Anthony Bloom