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Psalm 139
For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.
1O Lord, you have searched me
and you know me.
2You know when I sit and when I rise;
you perceive my thoughts from afar.
3You discern my going out and my lying down;
you are familiar with all my ways.
4Before a word is on my tongue
you know it completely, O Lord.
5You hem me in—behind and before;
you have laid your hand upon me.
6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,
too lofty for me to attain.
7Where can I go from your Spirit?
Where can I flee from your presence?
8If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
if I make my bed in the depths,a you are there.
9If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
if I settle on the far side of the sea,
10even there your hand will guide me,
your right hand will hold me fast.
11If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me
and the light become night around me,”
12even the darkness will not be dark to you;
the night will shine like the day,
for darkness is as light to you.
13For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
14I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.
15My 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,
16your eyes saw my unformed body.
All the days ordained for me
were written in your book
before one of them came to be.
17How precious tob me are your thoughts, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!
18Were I to count them,
they would outnumber the grains of sand.
When I awake,
I am still with you.
.........................23Search me, O God, and know my heart;
test me and know my anxious thoughts.
24See if there is any offensive way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting.
I think everyone should know the basics of knitting just so they can fully relate to this verse. The very idea that God himself "knit" us together. How personal. How intimate. How intentional. If you've ever knitted then you know how much thought and time and effort goes into your projects. You plan carefully by selecting the right needles and the perfect yarn. You labor over your work, counting stitches, checking gauge, making corrections as needed. You know that even if you don't use a pattern, you still have an objective, a goal for your project - you have a vision of what it will become. And no matter how small, when it's done, your project is precious to you and, even in a small way, a reflection of who you are.
If you've never thought about God like this I encourage you to learn more about him. He promises that if we seek him, the Master Craftsman, the Ultimate Knitter, he will make himself known to us.
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