All the Days
We are journeying through Psalm 139. To read the previous reflection, click here.
Your eyes saw me when I was inside the womb.
All the days ordained for me
were recorded in your scroll
before one of them came into existence.
Psalm 139:16
You know me.
You know.
You carefully observe me.
You are aware.
Your knowledge is beyond my comprehension.
You knew me thoroughly.
Your eyes saw me.
On this Resurrection Day, my soul proclaims because He is risen, I can be too! The power that raised Him from the grave raises me. There is no darkness He avoids, no night unknown to Him. He conquered it all.
He knows, He knows, and all is well because He knows!
God’s eyes were on me in my teenage mother’s womb as she curled up in the dark trunk of a car, escaping. There were two in that trunk, and He saw us both.
God carefully observed me the day I was born in a segregated southern US hospital, the only white child among a row of black children lined up along the wall in our little rolling beds. All because of kindness across races, and a keen understanding that the shamed need shelter.
God was aware the day I stood on a mountain rock that jutted out of my Tennessee yard and swung my bunny by the ears because it was the only way I could hold on to him. I imagine God was aware as my mother came out of the house yelling, and my bunny disappeared.
God’s knowledge of the plans He had for me was beyond my comprehension the day I was seven, when I made a tent with the covers on my bed and sang the Psalms out loud to Him, because, in fine print, it said Psalms meant songs.
God knew the power of His freedom words in me when I read He reached down from on high and drew me out of many waters…He rescued me because He delighted in me.
God knew me completely the day I asked the missionary if I could go back with him and help the children. He told me, start praying now, and one day God will take you there.
God was aware that day I looked into the eyes of the abuser who threatened to kill me, and I knew he meant it. I imagine God carefully observed me as I made plans to grow up and get out.
God knew me thoroughly, even as I ran from Him that day in university, when the ones I loved betrayed me and I felt more alone than I ever had in my life.
God knew me as His own daughter on the day I stood as a bride with my Heavenly Father at my side, waiting as my groom walked to me and took my hand.
God’s eyes saw me on the day we arrived in Africa and had to wait an hour in front of our mud hut while our team leader searched for the keys to our first house.
God’s eyes shone with tears on the day Nadia and I knelt together, and she was reborn, just like me.
God knew me thoroughly on the days when we wept for joy as our children were born, and the day we sobbed when we lost one before we could hold her in our arms.
God knows what will come today and tomorrow. He knows, He knows, He knows, and all is well because He knows!
All the days ordained for me were written in His scroll before one of them came to be. #RisenIndeed #Easter Share on XHis library must be massive. One day, I’ll lose myself there and surely that will be heaven for me.
Lord, how good it is to be known on all the days. Amen.
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