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From: "Jan Ross" <jross@...>
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 21:58:08 -0500
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Today's Devotion
Saturday, January 6, 2001

I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvelous are
thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well."  (Psalm 139:14)


Today's Thought

In moments of contemplation and prayer for the Sanctity of Life Month
efforts this month, today's verse seemed to speak some marvelous truths
that bring us to remembrance of how precious life truly is. The Psalmist is
bold in his assertion that God is the author of life and that life, from
the very moment of conception, is precious, holy, and sanctified in the
eyes of God.

It is indeed a marvelous fact that each one of us is fearfully and
wonderfully made . . . each is different and unique and bears qualities
unlike those of any other. And, yet, it has taken science thousands of
years to finally prove this fact through DNA mapping.

But again, David was so very aware of God's creative handiwork within the
mother's womb as he was knit together from the very first moment of
conception. As he meditated on these things, he was overwhelmed by the
thought of God's creative power, even to the point of saying, "and that my
soul knoweth right well!" Can you hear him now? As pure revelation from the
Spirit of God engraved on the tables of his heart, he nearly leaped for joy
at the thought of the magnificence of God's handiwork.

God is awesome, and His handiwork is unmatchable! Who is like our God?
There is none like Him in all the earth! Praise Him today for His work in
your life and in the earth today. Nothing has escaped His attention, but
rather He is acutely aware of every need in every life in this world today!
Look around you and declare, "Marvelous are His works, and that my soul
knoweth right well!"


Today's Prayer

Father, I am suddenly so aware of how marvelous Your works really are and I
feel like I could shout it! You are awesome, and Your creativity in life .
. . in this world . . . everywhere I look . . . is absolutely beyond words!
Thank You, Lord, for giving me life so that I might enjoy Your handiwork
and see Your glory in all You have done throughout the earth today! How
magnificent, Lord, You truly are! Amen!


Have a blessed day!



Jan Ross
jross@...
http://focusontheword.com

"Sha'alu Shalom Yerushalayim"
(Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem) Psalm 122:6

~*~*~*~*~*~*
Weekly Scripture Memory:

Psalm 1
"Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor
standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate
day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water,
that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither;
and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.  The ungodly are not so: but are like
the chaff which the wind driveth away.  Therefore the ungodly shall not
stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly
shall perish."

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