Brightening Your Day

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 had 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 on 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 outnumber the grains of sand.

When I awake,

I am still with You.”

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I absolutely love this passage, and I think it's because reading this just really lets us all know how well God knows and loves us.

 He knows every detail in our lives, he knew us before we were here, and he knows exactly how our lives will unfold.

I think at times we're afraid to let people completely get to know us because we fear that someone might find something about us they won't like, but God already knows everything. He's with us - loving, protecting, and guiding us through every situation and trial in our lives.

Isn't it a good feeling to know that God knew each of us before He even made us?!

 He planned what each of us would look like, what families we would be planted in, if we would marry, how many children we would have, and exactly how each detail in our lives will play out.

 Before we could know God, He deeply cared and loved us, and it's a greater love than any of us could even understand.

So, when you're having a not so great day, and maybe you're stressed or feeling discouraged,
 just know that God loves you so so much, and that really should just brighten your day.

It's amazing to think that the God of the universe, the one who created the heavens and the earth, the one who has the power to bring the dead to life, to turn water into wine, who walked on water and fed 5,000 people actually knows your every step.

He hems you in behind and before, and

He delights in you!