Day 31 - October 28
Intention: For the medical community, that the truth they know about the human body may become awe and wonder at the God who made it. Scripture: Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your book they all were written, the days fashioned for me, when as yet there were none of them. --Psalm 139:16 Reflection: Human beings -- God's tapestries. Psalm 139 is a psalm that reveals the enormity and otherness of God. His divine attributes are on display: omniscience (2-4), omnipresence (7-12), loving-kindness (17-18), justice (19-20), righteousness (23-24), and omnipotence. Yet, when it came to express this last attribute, what example did the psalmist use - God's creation of mountains, seas, or far-flung galaxies? No, he used none of these. To express the wonder of God's unparalleled creative power the writer mentions the fashioning of the human in the womb (14-16). The Hebrew word used to express God's forming of us in the womb, raqam, is the same term for needlework or embroidery. In other words, we are a tapestry that displays God's artistic mastery. And, like the artist who knows his creation down to the last detail, God intimately knows us. This reality provokes the writer to awe and wonder. He proclaims, "I am fearfully and wonderfully made." What is true for this psalmist is true for each human being. Each is fashioned by God and known by him and we can proclaim on behalf of each, "I am fearfully and wonderfully made." Prayer: Gracious God, help us to appreciate the wonder and beauty of Your creation. Help us proclaim on behalf of every one of our fellow human beings, "I am fearfully and wonderfully made." May the knowledge that we are intimately known by You shape our lives and actions. Amen. Rev. J. Kirk van der Swaagh
Pastor, Conservative Congregational Christian Conference
Pro-Life Quote of the day:
"A child is not guilty of its father's sins, and even the child of a rapist deserves a life lying before her full of joyous possibility. Whether she is parented by her birth mother or released to a loving family through adoption, her fate needn't be determined by her tragic origin.
As pro-life citizens, we fight for the right to life of every unborn child, no matterthe circumstances in which he or she was conceived, and we are committed to the care of mothers as strongly as we are to their children. Women who have been raped or abused - just like all women in crisis pregnancies - deserve care and honesty, and that means not the deadly greed of an abortion clinic, but the kind of support only the pro-life community gives women and their children, through churches, crisis pregnancy centers, other non-profits and individuals. These women need special help to heal and make positive decisions for themselves and their babies. They do not need to be violated again by the abortionist's grisly tools. Killing is not healing."
-- Kristen Walker, author of http://evesransom.blogspot.com/
For more excellent quotes and life saving information go to www.voicesforlife.net
For more powerful pro-life images go to www.freeprolifeimages.net
Pro-life resource of the day:
Youth Conference Pro-Life talks
Pro-life article of the day:
Jill Stanek
Excellent Pro-life video competition:
http://prolife.org.uk/plachildlike/ |
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