You are Fearfully and Wonderfully Made

PSALM 139:14a NKJV

“I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.”

You were fearfully and wonderfully made! God tells us this is his word…His precious, truthful word!

You were not an accident! You were not a mistake! Even if you were told this by your parents. God doesn’t make mistakes and all of His works are marvelous!

God knew exactly what he was doing. He covered you in your mother’s womb as you grew and developed there. You were comforted by the sound of her heart beating so close to your own. You swam and turned and flipped and slept and the whole while, it was God who breathed His breath into you to give you life.

Even then, He knew who you would become. He knew the mistakes you would make. He knew the things you would struggle with.

I love this Bible version’s wording of Job 10: 11 “He knit me together in my mother’s womb.”

What a picture the word knit is to me. I have a friend who knits and I have been with her many times as she went about carefully gathering the materials she would need for a certain thing. She is very particular about the yarn she uses. In fact, she flew from Florida to Scotland for just the right yarn for a sweater she wanted to create. God was no less careful when He chose the materials with which He used to create you.

Like my friend, God had in mind exactly what He wanted to make when He had you in mind. He, knew, too what purpose He had for you. The process was a slow and tedious one. He agonized over which yarn to use…the color…the thickness…the pattern…the stitch.

Only the best would do, so he gathered His “yarn” from the ends of the universe and with a picture of you on His heart the knitting began. One careful stitch after the next was made to put together the beautiful piece of handiwork that would become you. Each stitch was perfect. Each stitch was deliberate. There were no mistakes. There were no surprises. He let nothing distract Him and He took no breaks until his masterpiece was done.

You are unique… put together one tiny stitch at a time. Each move covered with unconditional love and constant and continual prayer. He loves you as though you are His first and His last…His only. When He looks at you, His heart is full of excitement so he smiles knowing that His beautiful piece of art is the perfect gift to a world in need of beauty and mercy and love.

That I how much He loves you.