A Pause for Thanks
The psalmist begins with thanks, not with a claim of having earned a place in the world. His attention rests on God’s work in making him. His gratitude is personal: it is his own life he is considerin
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I will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well.
Psalm 139:14 turns the psalmist’s attention toward gratitude for God’s work in making him. We can practice that gratitude without pretending every feeling about ourselves is easy.
The psalmist begins with thanks, not with a claim of having earned a place in the world. His attention rests on God’s work in making him. His gratitude is personal: it is his own life he is considerin