Soul Snack S9/12 ... A Precious Person
“I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well " Ps 139:14Daily caustic comments drip across our soul. They arrive with the persistence of a slow acting acid. They can be the recalled verbal assaults from childhood, the tones of rejection from teenage peers or the disease of a confused adulthood. They can be the criticism of the workplace.
Negativity suffocates the soul.
The satisfaction of life has been sullied without the healthy seeds of the divine. Into this God desires to sow seeds of truthful goodness.
Here the psalmist sows cause to praise. He actually praises God for himself. This is not the self praise of arrogance but the humble praise of dependence. The psalmist is conscious of God's good assessment of him. This is not a position of doubt or indecision. This is spoken with a correct conviction from confidence in God's creative goodness.
God does not doubt my ‘wonder' before Him, neither should I! God's assessment of me is exceptionally positive. God has looked upon me as no other can and still I am approved. I am His wonderful construction for God only does wonderful works! I therefore am His uniquely precious person. (Repeat this last sentence out loud with your name in it).