In my mother's womb

Psa 139:13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.
Psa 139:14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
Psa 139:15 My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
Psa 139:16 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.
Psa 139:17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
Psa 139:18 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.

God knows us while we are in our mother's womb.
God makes us- fearfully, wonderfully, marvelously.
Before we are even created, before we are conceived…God knows us!

It's so incredibly hard to imagine, isn't it? Being known before we are even conceived, being known as we are growing in our mother's womb.

I read this today and thought immediately of my great niece, Rayne Elizabeth born this past Sunday, and my great niece Lyla Rose still in her mother's womb growing soon to be born. God knows these babies! God knew US as babies! We are not conceived by chance without our Creator knowing. The very same Creator who formed the first human beings from the dust of the earth- creating every single part of us from the tiniest cell to the deepest hidden parts inside of us- is the same God today who knows each and every one of us before we are formed.

Some people might speak up about now and start in about all the babies born deformed and such and they'd start blaming God for that and how horrible He must be to allow a baby to be born suffering. These are the same people who become atheists, the same people who would rather believe there is no God than believe there is a God who allows horrific things to happen not only to adults but to tiny innocent babies who've not even had a chance to commit any wrong.

People don't get the whole big picture. They focus on a few bits and then form their opinions, their beliefs. The horrors this world has in it exist because of a choice made by first- an angel, and secondly another choice the first human couple made- NOT because God designed evil and forced it upon that angel or the first humans. People then say God should NEVER have given the angel or mankind a choice but simply made everything perfect without any chance at all whatsoever to do anything wrong, to disobey, no choice between good and evil.

That good and evil exists, and has existed since long before mankind is a mystery- a mystery that we're not allowed to delve into. One of those secrets that belong to God.

Deu 29:29 The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.

God knows of good and evil- it exists and God in making angels gave them the power of choice in knowing evil and good to choose one or the other. Then God made mankind and they didn't know of good and evil other than there was a tree that possessed the key to that knowledge and they were forbidden to eat from that tree and told rather to trust solely in God for all things, they were given everything perfect just like people say they want. Of course people say they NEVER should have been given a choice, that tree should NEVER have been put in the garden and people should have just been allowed to live in this perfect existence without any choice but to do so. We in essence should have been the puppets of the master, NOT ever being allowed an opportunity to love God. Seriously, love can never be forced and setting up a situation where there is NO choice takes away the love. When we love someone it's because we CHOOSE to love someone. Love is a choice, it's not a lustful emotion as so many believe. Love is a choice to make and we do it over and over again in good and bad times as the ol' marriage vows go. Unfortunately the marriage vows aren't enough- we need to choose to love our neighbor, not just a single partner in life, not just our family members. Love is a choice we make and we make it constantly- not just once or once in a while.

Yes, God could have given us no choice- and in return He would have had no love.

That WE made the wrong choice is on US, not on HIM and this is where people get it all messed up. Taking the blame for things goes against our sinful nature- the nature Adam and Even inherited instantly upon disobeying.

Gen 3:12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
Gen 3:13 And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

The blame went where? Not on themselves. Yes, they had help- Adam had temptation from Eve and Eve had temptation from Satan, but they ULTIMATELY made the choice to disobey, they were not forced.

God did NOT want evil for us. God did NOT want sickness for us. God did NOT want death for us. Yet so many are eager to blame Him for it all, unwilling to take any responsibility at all for anything.

We are truly fearfully and wonderfully made by a God who loves us so deeply He forbears with us after all these many, many, many thousands of years not willing that any will be lost that would be saved, that would choose love over all- even self.

May God bless those little babies, born and unborn - they were fearfully and wonderfully made by our amazing Creator. May their lives be filled with His love now and always.

Amen.