Intricately Woven
I am a seamstress. When I make a garment, say a dress, there is a lot of planning that goes into it. First, I look at lots of patterns to decide the shape of the dress. I have to make sure I have just the right size. Then I pick out the material, making sure the material I pick will work with the pattern. Each dress I make is a one of a kind creation. And when I am done making it, I feel a sense of accomplishment and joy.
It’s the same with a weaver. The weaver doesn’t just start weaving. The weaver carefully plans what design they want to make, what colors and materials they want to use. The weaver will research the right pattern to weave to make that design. Let’s look at Psalms 139:13 New American Standard Bible:
Thou didst form my inward parts; Thou didst weave me in my mother’s womb.
God is a Master weaver! He carefully planned and designed you. He wove you together in your mother’s womb. “Weave” H5526 here means, “to weave together, to cover, lay over, to hedge or shut in, to protect.” Just like when I make a dress, God had a predetermined plan when He wove you into being. You are His one of kind creation.
This word for “weave” also has a sense of covering, of protection. It’s the same word used in Psalms 91:4 NASB (italics mine):
He will cover you with His pinions,
And under His wings you may seek refuge;
His faithfulness is a shield and bulwark.
He covered, protected and formed you inside your mother’s womb. The womb provides babies with nutrients, chemicals needed for the lungs, removal of waste products, antibodies to protect from infection, hormones for proper development and amniotic fluid to cushion the baby and protect from injury. Remember in Psalms 139:5 He encloses you behind and before and lays His hand upon you? This includes in the womb where He had you surrounded and protected as He formed, weaved and knit you together according to His plan.
And He formed your “inward or innermost parts,” H3629 which means the “seat of emotion and affection.” He formed your personality, your emotions, your innermost being, who you are. We have five children and each one was born with certain parts of their personalities that were already present from a young age. One of our children has a great sense of humor. When she was 6months old, I picked her up and she stuck her finger in my nose then flung her head back laughing hysterically. It was like a little joke-at 6months old! I did not put that in her personality, but God very clearly did! On the other hand, our son has always been technically minded. At 3 years old, he took a screw driver, took a toy completely apart and brought it to me. In high school, he built a computer out of a box. Now he is a mid level developer.
If God took so much effort to weave and form you in your mother’s womb, can you see how very treasured you are by Him? Your personality is not a mistake. It was carefully formed by Him. So when you are feeling down on yourself, can you please remember that
YOU WERE INTRICATELY WOVEN, PLANNED BY GOD, AND ARE TREASURED BY HIM.
In His Love,
Suzanne
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