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God made you Special (Psalm 139:13-16)


Scripture of the Day: Psalm 139:13-16

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.

I love driving. My brain wanders and I often have time to think about lots of things that would otherwise go unnoticed! To take you down the path of my scattered thoughts (scary, I know!), please read on.

On our way home from our vacation this past week, my son and I were listening to various Veggie Tale’s CDs in the car and the songs themselves got me thinking about one of the closing lines to most (if not all) of the Veggie Tale’s shows: “God made you special and He loves you very much.” My next thought went to a Mercy Me concert I attended a couple of years ago in which the lead singer told the crowd that he tells his children they are perfect every day, because they ARE perfect – and they are exactly the people God created them to be.

Thought process continued…I then began thinking about how often we tell our children that we love them and was pondering the “perfectness” in my son. I remember telling him that he was perfect often as a baby, but I don’t do it anymore – and that saddens me!

Already, I fear the world is getting to my communication with him and there is a little less love portrayed and a little bit of innocence lost. But the word of God cheered me up! I think one of the reasons we should praise our children is because of the verses above. Because we know that WE are fearfully and wonderfully made, we know that our children are made in the same way. God created our inmost being and he created theirs. Just as our days have been ordained, so have those of our children. And of possibly the most positive message in all of the words above – God’s works are wonderful. Our children are wonderful – you may even say they are perfect (not meaning they do everything right, but I think very young children cannot help but do everything God has planned for them – and so they are going forth in their lives exactly as their Creator envisioned).

Reader, I pray that you find your children perfect, in some way. Remember, you did not create them – that job went to someone who knows far more than we can ever dream to know! Your children were trusted to you because you are the best parent possible for them. Tell your children you love them. You can even tell them that they are perfect…they may be surprised and disbelieving, but tell them why they are perfect. Because God made them so.

Closing prayer:

Heavenly Father God, thank you for making each of us “special.” We are your wonderful works and we praise you for that! The world may try and beat us down, but it is You who have created us and it is You who has our life plan already designed. Please help us not look at our lives as a complete picture, but to take it day by day. Help us to see the perfectness in our children – help us to love them as You have loved us. In your Son’s awesome name. Amen. 

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