Loved Before Birth

Published: Jan. 22, 2023, midnight

b'When did you become God\\u2019s? When did God first notice you and pay\\nattention to you? The psalms talk about that happening before we were even\\nborn. Before we made our appearance in the world, we were already seen by\\nGod. We were already claimed by God. We already had God looking out for us.\\n.\\nWhen we were babies, relying on adults for everything, God saw us. When we\\nwere young and we didn\\u2019t fully understand what it meant to know God, He\\nknew us.\\n.\\nGod has such a great love for us, and He paid attention to us before we\\nwere even born. When you think about the life of a baby while they\\u2019re still\\nin their mother\\u2019s womb, there\\u2019s not a lot of exciting stuff going on. But\\nGod still paid attention to us when we were small like that.\\n.\\nWhen we start to wonder if anyone cares about us, the Bible can help us see\\njust how much God cares for us. In Psalm 139, David writes, \\u201cFor you\\ncreated my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother\\u2019s womb\\u2026 My\\nframe was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place\\u2026 Your\\neyes saw my unformed body\\u201d (verses 13-16).\\n.\\nWhen we start to wonder if anyone really loves us, we can look to the Bible\\nto see how God has always been loving us\\u2014even before we were born! \\u2022 Emily\\nAcker\\n.\\n\\u2022 Have you ever thought about how God loved you and paid attention to you\\nbefore you were born? How might it give you comfort to know that He was\\nwatching over you\\u2014and your mother\\u2014even then?\\n.\\nFor you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother\\u2019s\\nwomb\\u2026Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were\\nwritten in your book before one of them came to be. Psalm 139:13, 16 (NIV)\\n\\xa0\\nRead Verses:\\nPs.22.9-Ps.22.10|Ps.139.13-Ps.139.16|Eph.1.4-Eph.1.5'