God Made Me
“I am fearfully and wonderfully made.”
Two of my basic needs is to be known and to be loved. If someone loves me but does not know me, I tend to doubt their love. On the other hand, if someone knows me, they may not love me. That’s the chance I take in all of my relationships.
The implications of the verse above is stunning: God was in awe and wonder as God made me!
A nuance of the word “made” is being found out. Everything I try to hide about myself so I will be loved is exposed—the love I so desperately need is jeopardized. So, like Adam and Eve, I spend much of my life and energy covering my embarrassing parts with fig leaves until my self is encrusted like macrame.
God asks, “Who told you that you were exposed?” Not God!
The implication of being made by God is that our embarrassing parts are known by God, but that’s not the stunning part. The stunning part is that God loves me while all my embarrassing parts are fully known.
This understanding of God makes me return to my Maker the awe and wonder with which I was made in the first place!
Wow. Just Wow!