Psalm 139

It's a little hard to explain now, but I know at some point you'll wonder - maybe even come to us and ask, "Why didn't my birthmother want me?"

I read Psalm 139 this morning:

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.

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 hte 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.

(Verses 13-16)

I'm preparing myself even now for what I will say to you - how I will explain. All I know to say is this:

Elijah, He knit you together in Sara's womb.

He created you to be a masterpiece - but also a miracle.

When He formed you, He knew full well you were being created to bless our family - to bless lives with the story of His own faithfulness.

We praise Him because you are fearfully and wonderfully made.

His works ARE wonderful - and YOU, Elijah Riley Barnhouse, are a wondeful miraculous work He has made.

You were not hidden from Him even as He formed you - your tiny hands and feet, your sweet little mouth and little button nose.

Each and every part of you He fashioned together knowing full-well, He would place your in our lives.

His eyes saw your unformed body and as He created His masterpiece.

He knew - before you even took your first breath - the plan He had for each and every day of your life.

He knew that just 22 days after you entered this world, you would be placed in our arms.

You, my son, were created not by us but for us - and for Him...for His glory.