I
Knew You
Before
I
Formed You In Your Mother's Womb.
Jeremiah
1
5 “I
knew you before I formed you in your mother’s womb.
Before you were born I set you apart
and appointed you as my prophet to the nations.”
Before you were born I set you apart
and appointed you as my prophet to the nations.”
Observation
From
an unborn child in a mother's womb to the very fragile elderly person
that is living the last days of his or her life here on earth … all
... are to be highly valued. Why?
Because
each and every person on this planet was created by God, by a God who
loves them, and by a God who made every human being in His image.
So
what can you and I do when we live in a culture that doesn't seem to
care about life at either end of the spectrum?
I
say that you and I can be different. You and I can care about the
unborn and we can care about the elderly. We can support our
pregnancy care centers. We can visit and care for the elderly. We can
help ministries that care for orphans and foster children. We can
support leaders who have our same values.
Psalm
139 says it best, “You
made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in
my mother’s womb. Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex!
Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it. You watched me as
I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the
dark of the womb. You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life
was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single
day had passed. How
precious are your thoughts about me, O God. They cannot be numbered!”
Let's
make a difference in someone's life today!
Application
I
will do something special for a shut-in this week.
How
about you?
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, we live in a broken world, a world that doesn't seem to care
about life and that doesn't seem to care very much about You. I know
that is why You have chosen me to be one of Your children. And I know
that You expect Your followers to be a light in all this darkness
that surrounds us. Help me to be a light. Give me Your heart for
people – all people. Don't let me grow cold and indifferent to the
needs of those around me ... from the yet to be born to those who are
close to death, give me Your love and compassion for all of them.
Daily
Bible Reading: Jeremiah 1,2; John 10
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