day 2:

"what makes you uniquely you?"


okay, so one of my all-time most favorite passages ever is psalm 139. the first time i heard it, i remember wondering if i had heard it correctly. it gripped my heart in a way nothing else in the Scriptures had at that point in my life.

He knows everything about us. i cannot even comprehend the weight of that thought. Jesus knows every ache of your heart, every hair on your head, every inclination you have to smile, and every snide remark that rolls off your tongue. He knows it all, and He calls you by name. even before one of your days came to be, they were written in His book.

before i was even a figment of my mother's imagination, He knew what my laugh would sound like and that i would love eating cheese. God knew all of this - KNOWS all of this - because He created me and knit me together in my mother's womb.

i am more than atoms of matter and energy colliding in some scientific process i don't understand. i am a child of God. i was created by the Creator of all things on Heaven and on earth. and He created me with an individual set of gifts and abilities and weaknesses and strengths that not one other person has on this earth.


this concept is such a comfort today. on a day when i feel disconnect from the Father, He reminds me that i am still in His arms, forever and always. kimberly just wrote a blog about Isaiah 49:15-16, and i am so thankful that she reminded her readers of God's unfailing and ever-present love, and that my name is engraved on His hands. like a seal upon His heart. He is constantly thinking of me and planning the best for my life. sometimes that's so difficult to remember down here when our own plans and dreams and desires and fears cloud our vision.


this is how i know i am unique:
God knows me by name. i am His child, His beloved, His creation.