NACR Daily Meditation
NACR Daily Meditation
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Tue Dec 25 02:00:02 EST 2012
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NACR Daily Meditation for Tuesday 25th of December 2012
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I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful, I know that full well.
Psalm 139:14
We are God's creation. God made us. And what God makes is wonderful.
This may sound pretty obvious, but we probably need to remind ourselves that it is not everything-and-everybody-except-me that is wonderfully made. It is everything-and-everybody-including-me that is fearfully and wonderfully made by God.
When we have learned to see ourselves as people without value, when we have internalized contempt as the basis for our personal identity, it is difficult to see ourselves as one of God's wonderful works.
But you are one of God's wonderful works. You are precious to God. You are a unique, irreplaceable expression of God's creative love.
It is good to praise God for making us. It is good to see ourselves as a reason for thanksgiving and awe. God made our minds, our emotions, our needs, our bodies, our creativity, our longings, our hopes. God is a marvelous creator who made us wonderfully.
You are one of God's wonderful works. You can praise God that he made you wonderfully.
Thank you,
Creator God,
that you made me.
and that all that you make is wonderful
including me.
Amen
Copyright Dale and Juanita Ryan
Dale Ryan is an Associate Professor of Recovery Ministry at Fuller Theological Seminary. Juanita Ryan is a therapist in private practice. You can read Juanita's blog at www.juanitaryan.com
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