Jeremiah 1:5  “Before I formed thee in the belly
I knew thee;

and before thou camest
forth out of the womb I sanctified thee …”

Psalm 139

¶  To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

1 O LORD, thou hast
searched me, and known me.

2  Thou knowest my downsitting and mine
uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.

3  Thou compassest my path and my lying
down, and art acquainted with all my ways.

4  For there is not a word in my
tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.

5  Thou hast beset me behind and before, and
laid thine hand upon me.

6  Such knowledge is too
wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.

7 ¶  Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or
whither shall I flee from thy presence?

8  If I ascend up into heaven, thou art
there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.

9  If I take the wings of the
morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

10  Even there shall thy hand lead me, and
thy right hand shall hold me.

11  If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover
me; even the night shall be light about me.

12  Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee;
but the night shineth as the day:

the darkness and the
light are both alike to thee.

13  For thou hast possessed my reins: thou
hast covered me in my mother’s womb.

14  I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and
wonderfully made:

marvellous are
thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.

15  My substance was not hid from thee, when
I was made in secret,

and curiously wrought in the lowest
parts of the earth.

16  Thine eyes did see my substance, yet
being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written,

which in continuance were
fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.

17 ¶  How precious also are thy thoughts unto
me, O God! how great is the sum of them!

18  If I should count them, they are
more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.

19  Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God:
depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.

20  For they speak against thee wickedly, and
thine enemies take thy name in vain.

21  Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate
thee?

and am not I grieved with those that rise
up against thee?

22  I hate them with perfect hatred: I count
them mine enemies.

23  Search me, O God, and know my heart: try
me, and know my thoughts:

24  And see if there be any wicked way
in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

God made me.

He knew me before I was born

Just what I would be one day

And how he would guide my life.

He chose my mother and father

And placed me in the family

Where He wanted me to be.

He knew how I would grow up

What I would do along the way

And the things that would happen

To make me the person I am today.

He knew who I would marry

And made that man

Special in his own way

To be my perfect mate.

He knew he would make of us

Two precious daughters

Who would produce five more

Lives in this world.

He knew of my successes.

Also my failings and fears;

He keeps me in His hand

And holds all my tears.

I am so glad that

God made me.

© Belinda Jo Adams 2008

Each life is precious to God