Fearfully and Wonderfully Made

 This verse has been showing up in my life a lot lately, and I love it. The entire Psalm is such a treasure of God’s love and care for His people; it’s actually pretty overwhelming to take in! Something in particular that has stood out to me lately is that the “fearfully and wonderfully made” part doesn’t only relate to our physical bodies. We were each designed on purpose, inside and out, and declared wonderful creations! 

The color of our hair was not an accident. The way our bodies work and move and look was divinely ordained. Our personalities, and the ways we think and feel, were not made by some kind of random accident. God purposely thought out, planned, and executed the design of YOU and ME, from the color of our eyes to the things that make us laugh; from our heights (or lack there-of, says the not-even-5-foot sister over here) to our dreams and goals; from our one-of-a-kind face shape to our unique talents and abilities. God shaped and formed all of that and knit it all together into the creation that is US, and through David in this Psalm pronounces us WONDERFUL. Pretty astounding to really think through, right? 

You, Dear One, are wonderfully made. 

Now, this doesn’t mean we are perfect. We live in a sinful world, and have ourselves been infected by sins that warp and twist God’s perfect design into what He never intended. But that doesn’t take away the intrinsic value and worth that we hold as His creations at all! Every person was purposely planned and created by God to reflect His glorious image, and that fact in and of itself means we are priceless. 

What would happen if we could each really grasp this, be rooted in the value and worth we have to our loving God, stand confidently in our design, and go out and walk the special journeys He has set before us? I think we’d see some pretty incredible people doing some pretty incredible things, don’t you? Let’s be those kind of people, believing what He has declared over us, allowing Him to prune and refine the “rough edges” and blemishes that exist from living in a sinful world, and be the wonderful creations He envisioned us to be.