5 Jan, 2012
I See You.
Before Your Momma Knew
"Mom and Dad sitting in a tree K-i-s-s-i-n-g and baby makes three" was how the text read.
"What?" Was my response.
"You like riddles figure it out."
"Baby?"
"Yes. Your brother and sister-in-law are having another child."
This was how I found out I was going to have a new nephew or niece. A bunch of out of context cryptic messages from my parents. My brother and sister-in-law, in nine months time, would be the gleeful parents of their third child. My brother was a little astounded but happy and my sister-in-law was already taking on the glow of a mother to be when I returned from my trip.
A month after the announcement came, what I think is the coolest part thus far, the first pictures. When my younger siblings were born the ultrasound pictures were blurry and 2 dimensional – flat. That's not the case anymore. The parents to be brought home these amazing 3-D pictures of the little person that is forming. You can see the little face with distinction. In one picture the child hides their face as if they are shy. You can see the little legs and arms and a beutiful round head with such clarity. As you look at the pictures you get this sense you are meeting this new person before they have even left the womb. It is a breathtaking experience to see this life with such vividness.
Already I know, like the nephew and niece I already have, this baby has stolen a piece of my heart. I look forward to the stories I get to share with them as they get older, the games we will play and the traditional picture of their little frame streched out beside me on the floor.
(Picture provided by: http://similac.com/community/boards/media/p/15871.aspx)
Psalm 139:13-18
New International Version (NIV)
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,[a] God!
How vast is the sum of them!
18 Were I to count them,
they would outnumber the grains of sand—
when I awake, I am still with you.
What does God's Story scripture teach us about how well God knows us and loves us?
As I thought about the ultrasound photos, Psalm 139 danced in my mind. The Psalmist obviously has an intimate relationship with God. He also understands how he relates to God. He sings of his connection with the creator and the deep love that creator obviously as for him. Earlier in 139 the writer speaks of there being no place that he can go out of God's reach.
In the few verses listed here we are shown a picture of a God that loves us so deeply He is personally involved in our creation. How outstanding that God knits us together Himself? He cares that much, He pieced you together.
How can we connect today's God's Story scripture to our lives?
- Pause and look at yourself in a mirror. Think about how intricate your body is, from each skin cell to your beating heart.
- Read Psalm 139 out loud.
- Thank God for taking the time to knit you together.
How can we connect today's story, God's Story scripture, and our story to others?
In our day-to-day lives we run into people that miss how much of a miricle they are. Sometimes we talk to people that are certain they are beyond the reach of God... Psalm 139 gives us a place to point for those friends.
- When you have a friend that feels down about who they are... Show them Psalm 139:13-16 and remind them the creator of the universe took a special interest in creating them.
- When you have a friend that feels to far gone... Share with them Psalm 139:7-12. There is no place they can go that is beyond the reach of God. God will meet them in their greatest joys or lowest valley.
- Most of all, remind your friends that there is always someone who will love them.
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