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, 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.

Psalm 139:13-18

As we read these verses, we come right off to the verses so often quoted from the 139^th Psalm, verses 13 and 14. In these, we see that God knows us so intimately because He knows everything about us since He intentionally created and crafted us before we were even born. Even more, while we were still in the womb, He knew us and supervised our development. I have a question for anyone who doubts His love for them:

With all of that in mind, why should He desert you now that you have been redeemed by the blood of His Son?

No matter what our problems may be, God is not in the habit of deserting or neglecting His sacred children, any more than any loving father would do. I admit that I take considerable comfort in this, since I have been known to seriously mess things up occasionally; how about you?

As this new week begins, let’s reflect on these things, let’s consider the ramifications of the content of these verses, and let’s rededicate ourselves to His loving service.