Saturday, October 11, 2014

^{Psalm 139:13-24}

¹³ For you created my inmost being;
     you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
¹⁴ I praise you because I am fearfully and

     wonderfully made;
     your works are wonderful,
     I know that full well.
¹⁵ 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.
¹⁶ Your eyes saw my unformed body;
     all the days ordained for me were written in

     your book before one of them came to be.
¹⁷ How precious to me are your thoughts, God!
     How vast is the sum of them!
¹⁸ Were I to count them,
     they would outnumber the grains of sand —
     then I awake, I am still with you.

¹⁹ If only you, God, would slay the wicked!
     Away from me, you who are bloodthirsty!
²⁰ They speak of you with evil intent;
     your adversaries misuse your name.
²¹ Do I not hate those who hate you, Lord,
     and abhor those who are in rebellion against  

     you?
²² I have nothing but hatred for them;
     I count them my enemies.

 ²³ Search me, God, and know my heart; 

    test me and know my anxious thoughts.
²⁴ See if there is any offensive way in me,
    and lead me in the way everlasting..

 Reflection

Describe what it means to you to be fearfully and

wonderfully made?

What are some of the blessings God has given you that

are greater than “the grains of sand?”