When God First Visited You. 2/19/2019

Good Morning World!

It's cold out this morning and my cup of Door County Vanilla Creme Brulee Coffee is doing two jobs. It is assisting with waking me up and warming me up. What a nice way to start today.

62 years ago my mother's biggest problem entered the world at 7lbs , 21inches. Her life was never the same. She gave birth to her oldest boy. We said goodbye to Mom some years ago now. I am grateful for the life she gave me. I am sure there were times when she wondered what she had done by bringing this kid into the world.

Of the three kids in our family I gave her the most grief. I am surprised my parents never gave up on me. Now the world once again is debating abortion. It is tearing up friendships and is still stopping beating hearts. I have always been Pro-Life, but I thought I would share the Bible Passage that sealed the deal for me with all of you. God visited me and you in our mother's womb. He says before we were formed. He knew us.

God’s Perfect Knowledge of Man Psalm 139

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

139 O Lord, You have searched me and known me.

² You know my sitting down and my rising up;

You understand my thought afar off.

³ You comprehend my path and my lying down,

And are acquainted with all my ways.

⁴ For there is not a word on my tongue,

But behold, O Lord, You know it altogether.

⁵ You have hedged me behind and before,

And laid Your hand upon me.

⁶ Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;

It is high, I cannot attain it.

⁷ Where can I go from Your Spirit?

Or where can I flee from Your presence?

⁸ If I ascend into heaven, You are there;

If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there.

⁹ If I take the wings of the morning,

And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,

¹⁰ Even there Your hand shall lead me,

And Your right hand shall hold me.

¹¹ If I say, “Surely the darkness shall fall on me,”

Even the night shall be light about me;

¹² Indeed, the darkness shall not hide from You,

But the night shines as the day;

The darkness and the light are both alike to You.

¹³ For You formed my inward parts;

You ^[covered me in my mother’s womb.

¹⁴ I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;

Marvelous are Your works,

And that my soul knows very well.

¹⁵ My frame was not hidden from You,

When I was made in secret,

And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

¹⁶ Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed.

And in Your book they all were written,

The days fashioned for me,

When as yet there were none of them.

¹⁷ How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!

How great is the sum of them!

¹⁸ If I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand;

When I awake, I am still with You.

¹⁹ Oh, that You would slay the wicked, O God!

Depart from me, therefore, you bloodthirsty men.

²⁰ For they speak against You wickedly;

Your enemies take Your name in vain.

²¹ Do I not hate them, O Lord, who hate You?

And do I not loathe those who rise up against You?

²² I hate them with perfect hatred;

I count them my enemies.

²³ Search me, O God, and know my heart;

Try me, and know my anxieties;

²⁴ And see if there is any wicked way in me,

And lead me in the way everlasting.

That womb is holy ground. God never made anything that was a choice for us. The sun comes up and we don't stop it. The seas experience the movement of the tides. We live with it. We don't stop it. He gave the command to be fruitful and multiply.

So as I celebrate this 62nd year of life. I thank my Mom for bearing me. My parents for raising me. And God for the first visit.

Marty