Witnesham Baptist Church

Psalm 139 has a beautiful section that often causes me to pause:

You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body
and knit me together in my mother’s womb.
Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex!
Your workmanship is marvellous - how well I know it.
You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion,
as I was woven together in the dark of the womb.
You saw me before I was born.
Every day of my life was recorded in your book.
Every moment was laid out
before a single day had passed.


For too long, we have lived in the shadow of the achievements of humankind. We, as humans, can sort, fix, and solve things. We define the boxes in which people are placed and then tell them which box they are to be in depending upon their education, wealth, achievement, and societal position, to mention just a few. If scripture teaches us one thing very clearly: God does not do boxes. God is in charge, and through God’s agency, each of us has been intentionally formed in the womb, loved and wanted by an all-loving God. People will only find their true identity in God, not in culture, with all its questionable measurement metrics.

So, throughout the next week, I invite you to tell those you encounter a different story about themselves when you get the chance: the story of God in their lives, whether they know God or not. Begin by looking for indicators of the Spirit's presence in them; where do you see goodness and authenticity? Ask the Holy Spirit to give you a thought or a picture, and trust yourself when you share it. Perhaps, in the process you too will discover a different story about yourself: You are precious, beautiful, safe, His. You are loved.