For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my
mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your
works are wonderful, I know that full well. 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. Your eyes saw my unformed
body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them
came to be. How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is the sum of
them! Psalm 139: 13-17
While we were in Iceland, we visited a glacial lake where
the broken pieces of the glacier float by on their way out to the ocean. It was interesting to see the differences in
the chunks of ice as they floated by. Some were full of rocks, having lain for many years near the rocky
ground. Some were porous, having experienced different thawing patterns. Those
that had been underwater for a long time and recently flipped over were a shiny
blue color, and so on. It reminded me of
the way we humans, all ages, backgrounds, and circumstances now arrive at the
present time. We have all come from
different places, had different experiences, found ourselves closely associated
with different people and living conditions; various challenges and conditions
have formed us into the people we are today. But not a one of these situations
was outside the knowledge or care of our Lord.
We are all so completely unique, yet the all-knowing Lord of
creation knows exactly what we have been through, how that has shaped us, and
how the person we have grown into can be useful in the kingdom if we open our
hearts to being used.
Prayer: Dearest Lord Jesus, you came into the world to
teach us how to live and to show us the love of the Father. Here I am today, the living result of all of
my history, which only You know. Thank you for always loving me and never
leaving me. Please use me for your work
in this world in ways that are fitted to my story. Amen
Lori Snyder-Sloan
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