Good morning. We're going to start with a verse that the pastor talked about Sunday. I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; wonderful are Your works, and my soul knows it very well. The verse before it which was the last one we looked at in Psalms said that He formed my inward parts and weaved us in our mother's womb. So the reason we are fearfully and wonderfully made is that He is the One who made us, and anything that He makes is wonderful. So – good morning wonderful! Your eyes have seen my unformed substance. He saw us when we were only a blob and even before that. And in Your book they were all written, the days that were ordained for me, when as yet there was not one of them. God knew all that would happen to us and how long we would live even before we were created. Of course all of this psalm reminds me of what God told Jeremiah: before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I have appointed you a prophet to the nations. (No Christian should believe in abortion.) Back to Psalms: how precious are Your thoughts to me, oh God! How vast is the sum of them! (Sum - see, there is math in the Bible). Yes God's thoughts are precious to us; and especially thoughts about us. The sum of His thoughts are so vast that: if I should count them, they would outnumber the sand. When I awake I am still with You. When we go to bed at night we don't have to worry – God will still be with us in the morning. Father thank You that the reader is fearfully and wonderfully made. You knew him/her before he/she was born; and You ordained all of his/her days. You think about him/her constantly; and when he/she awakes You are with him/her.

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