Psalm 139

Ian and I told my parents that we were expecting during our trip to Indiana in February. That night, my dad prayed the most precious prayer for our child. In that prayer, he referenced Psalm 139. I'm not sure how familiar you are with this passage of Scripture, but every time I read it, I'm filled with emotion as I am completely overwhelmed by His Glory. I find such infinite joy in knowing that I am "known" by my Creater. Our God is so GREAT, isn't He?

Psalm 139

O LORD, you have searched me and you know me.
You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar.
You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways.
Before a word is on my tongue you know it completely, O LORD.
You hem me in—behind and before; you have laid your hand upon me.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence?
If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea,
even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast.
If I say, "Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,"
even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you.

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, O God! How vast is the sum of them!
Were I to count them, they would out number the grains of sand.
When I awake, I am still with you. .......Search me, O God, and know my heart;
test me and know my anxious thoughts.
See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

Breath taking......isn't it?

Thank you Lord, for blessing Ian and I with this wonderful gift of parenthood. We pray that we will be able to lead this child and the children to come into men and women for You. Give us the wisdom we need to do that Lord. Bless this child within me, hold this little one tight in your arms Lord. We know that through You, this child is fearfully and wonderfully made...We praise you!