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Handmade
In the Word
For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made (Psalm 139:13–14a).
Of the Word
One of my daughter’s favorite songs to sing with me is “Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes.” I like to add the prefix “God made Ella” to the song. As an infant she enjoyed my voice and my touch. Now, as she nears toddlerhood, she enjoys pointing to her body parts all by herself.
The psalmist is clear that each of his tendons, muscles, and bones were put together by God’s own hands. We are all wonderfully handmade by God, and because of that we each have great value. In fact, God loved what He made so much that a lofty price was paid to buy us back from eternal death: His Son’s own life! God works to sustain us in this earthly life through all of the good gifts He gives to us each day.
What a privilege we have to share this Good News with our children — God the Father created them, God the Son redeemed them, and God the Holy Spirit sanctifies them. Praise God for the works of love He has done in our lives and in the lives of those most precious to us.
Walking with my Lord
Dear Lord, enable me, through Your Holy Spirit, to share the wonderful works of love You have accomplished for all of Your children. In Jesus’ blessed name I pray. Amen.
Mustard Seed: Love, Laughter, and Lullabies. DCE Amanda Stacy, author. 2/30 ©2013 Lutheran Women’s Missionary League, 801 Seminary Place Ste. L010, St. Louis, MO 63105. www.lwml.org
Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations were taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version Copyright ©2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers.
