Fearfully and Wonderfully Made

This is by far one of my favorite Psalms. Those who know me could attest, because back in the day one of my fav female Christian artists was Rebecca St. James and she has a song about this Psalm that I love (man, those were the days, haha). I love having this Psalm memorized as I can be so close to my baby just by placing my hand on my growing belly and either speak over or prayer quietly. During Easter right after we told Scott’s family the news I was overwhelmed during worship to start praying now for our child to know and love the Lord. There was a huge sense of responsibility but an even greater sense of surrendering as I realized that even though I haven’t even given birth to this child, this baby is truly in the hands of the Lord. My heart was completely moved by the fact that to some extent I only have a certain amount of influence over this babe... it seems so finite as times. After church I cried to my mother-in-law who is such a blessing when it comes to prayer and faith. It is so great to have her aournd when my own mom is not as close. Sandy listened to my heart of my heart for our child to know and love the Lord. Sandy loves to pray, so I knew I was in good company. I felt that moment to be a very special one as I know many women don’t have experiences like that with their mother-in-law. I believe it will be one of many moments that will bring her and I closer together, and I thank the Lord she is in my life.

Psalm 139
You have searched me, LORD,
and you know me.
You know when I sit and when I rise;
you perceive my thoughts from afar.
You discern my going out and my lying down;
you are familiar with all my ways.
Before a word is on my tongue
you, LORD, know it completely.
You hem me in behind and before,
and you lay your hand upon me.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,
too lofty for me to attain.
Where can I go from your Spirit?
Where can I flee from your presence?
If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
if I settle on the far side of the sea,
even there your hand will guide me,
your right hand will hold me fast.
If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me
and the light become night around me,”
even the darkness will not be dark to you;
the night will shine like the day,
for darkness is as light to you.
For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.
My frame was not hidden from you
when I was made in the secret place,
when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
Your eyes saw my unformed body;
all the days ordained for me were written in your book
before one of them came to be.
How precious to me are your thoughts,[a] God!
How vast is the sum of them!
Were I to count them,
they would outnumber the grains of sand—
when I awake, I am still with you.
If only you, God, would slay the wicked!
Away from me, you who are bloodthirsty!
They speak of you with evil intent;
your adversaries misuse your name.
Do I not hate those who hate you, LORD,
and abhor those who are in rebellion against you?
I have nothing but hatred for them;
I count them my enemies.
Search me, God, and know my heart;
test me and know my anxious thoughts.
See if there is any offensive way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting.

Thank you Lord for your Word and the promises you give to us.