*You Did This?

For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb.

Psalm 139:13 NIV

A little of this, a LOT of that, and some of this, a little more of the other, throw in a breath and voila! There you are. God made you. He designed who you would look like. He laid the groundwork for your personality. He formed you - gave you all the parts you would need - lined up your days and set it all in motion. Verse 16 says all my days were ordained before one of them even came to be. There are days that thought is a cause for tremendous celebration. There are other days when it's not exactly a warm fuzzy.

Keeping in mind that God's ways are NOT our ways and His thoughts are NOT our thoughts, perhaps we should try to shed a little light on some things. Let's see if it will give us a new way of thinking and an opportunity to give God praise in everything. 

For instance - 

That child is so strong-willed! Very trying for the one trying to raise the child - but if properly trained, a great leader! 

You have the audacity to speak like that? Properly trained, raised in Christ - able to speak before kings and leaders.  

Why are you crying over that...? A tender heart, full of compassion.  

You are SO bull-headed!! Properly trained  - it's the ability to focus on a goal and get it done!

Does that make sense? Look for the good in how God has made you. Look for the strength and ability in it instead of what could be conceived as the downside to your attributes. 

Ephesians 4:15-16 tells us, Instead, we will speak the truth in love, growing in every way more and more like Christ, who is the head of his body, the church. He makes the whole body fit together perfectly. As each part does its own special work, it helps the other parts grow, so that the whole body is healthy and growing and full of love.

It is beyond our finite minds to intelligently question an infinite God. You Did This? Oh, yes, You did! Thank you so much!

Prayer:

Father,

         Truly we are fearfully and wonderfully made. Help us to see it and to give You praise because You did this. In Jesus' Name we pray. Amen