Knitted Together By God

I want you to do something. Hold your hands out in front of you. Now look at them. Not a "hey, my hands are still there" kind of look but really look. Study them. See all the lines that are etched into your palms? See how you can move your fingers with barely a thought? See how they work to grab, hold on, to comfort?  Have you ever thought about how much effort must have been put into the creation of your hands?

Now think about the rest of your body. I can't even draw a proportional stick figure, but somehow God designed us from our nervous system to our hair texture. That has always been the thing about God that mesmerized me the most. This supreme being that put the entire universe together had the patience to design with great care my inmost being. Psalm 139 says that God knitted us together in our mother's womb. While the picture of God sitting up in heaven knitting makes me giggle a little (you know it's a cute picture) the picture is quite fitting. Knitting is meticulous. It takes a lot of time to create something of substance. and turning a ball of yarn into something useful is no easy feat. Just think, God does that but by turning a collection of cells into human beings. There's a reason it's called "the miracle of birth."

The comfort in all of this is the simple fact that someone who put that much effort into creating someone isn't going to just abandon it later on. Think of an artist. The more time they spend on a work of art, the prouder they are of it. Their masterpiece is going to be protected during every step. God is the same way with us. Each and every one of us is His masterpieces. He spent so much time and effort carefully designing us before we were even known about here on earth. Now he puts his arms of protection around us and guides us through life.

We are His and that is simply amazing.

Your Fellow Water Walker,
Ashlee