Do you know that God knits?
I am a crafter. I’ve loved all kinds of crafts,
but one day the Lord asked me to narrow down my creativity. Of course, writing
was no. 1. When I looked at the boxes full of unfinished crafts, I realized
that I started all of them with great intentions of finishing them, but I
didn’t.
But writing books has been what I go back to and
complete them as God gives me the stories. So I boxed up all the many crafts
and donated them to a thrift shop. It was hard to do, I have to admit. But once
I decided that writing held my heart, I could give the other things away,
hoping that someone would finish them and have great joy in doing so. But
God finishes what he creates. He knits. Yes, he actually does knit. Here is
proof of it.
Psalms 139: 13 You made all the delicate,
inner parts of my body and knit them together in my mother’s
womb. 14 Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! It is
amazing to think about. Your workmanship is marvelous—and how well I know
it. 15 You were there while I was being formed in utter
seclusion! 16 You saw me before I was born and scheduled each day of
my life before I began to breathe. Every day was recorded in your book!
17-18 How precious it is, Lord, to realize that you are thinking about me
constantly! I can’t even count how many times a day your thoughts turn toward
me. And when I wake in the morning, you are still thinking of me!
Isn’t that amazing?! When I read this scripture,
my creative mind can see God kiting every part of us. He fashioned each one of
us to be uniquely perfect. When no one else had laid eyes on us, God saw every
detail while He finished us. But that’s not the end of His loving attention to
every detail about us.
Read this again.
How precious it is, Lord, to realize that you
are thinking about me constantly! I can’t even count how many times a day your
thoughts turn toward me. And when I wake in the morning, you are still thinking
of me!
Maybe you are feeling alone in your life right
now. Maybe you wonder if anyone even sees you. God does!
When we become a Christian, and the Holy Spirit
moves into our lives as teacher, guide, and helper, God’s focus becomes even
greater. He loves being my friend. He loves spending every moment with me. I
think there are times when I don’t see myself as precious or appreciate the
fact that I am God's workmanship. But God continues to admire his handiwork,
which I am.
Think about that. Have there been times that you
made something with your own hands and stepped back and thought how perfect of
a job you did? Well, that’s what God does with us. He looks lovingly at us,
admiring his handiwork. God doesn’t make anything imperfect. When he fashions
each one of us the way he does, he sees us as perfection.
I don’t know if God used knitting needles when
He knits us, but He certainly loves what He creates. I hope today that I will
look not only at myself but also at everyone I encounter and see us all as
God’s handiwork.
I pray today that you will believe that God sees
you right now, no matter where you are, and if you have not welcomed Him into
your life, would you accept His salvation?
I bless you.
If you love to read, perhaps you would go check
out what I have finished of my writing. Each book will open up the door to
characters, places, and stories that God wrote through me.
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