Fearfully and Wonderfully Made

The Battle of the B’s

Somewhere in time, about 10 years ago, I heard a comedian, Mark Lowery talk about the battle of the B’s. He said, once you get over forty, you have to battle baldness, bridges, bi-focals, bowlegs and bunions.   I laughed, it was pretty funny, but 10 year ago I was turning forty.  This year I turned fifty.  I am not going bald and I don’t have bowlegs, but I have everything else.  I’m working to get in better shape and I get discouraged sometimes, but then I read this Psalm I felt hope returning.    

Psalm 139: 13-16 (NIV)

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;

your works are wonderful,

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 the 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.

Isn’t it amazing, we look at babies and we see the miracles of God.  They are indeed fearfully and wonderfully made.  When I look in the mirror at fifty, it is harder to believe, but it is still true.   Each one of us is fearfully and wonderfully made.  God had a plan for us before we were born.  He does not care when we turn fifty, he is not done perfecting his will in our lives.  I think that is really wonderful and I am thankful for that.

Another thought on turning fifty.  I was told by another lady who beat me to the turn, that it gives you a certain amount of freedom.  I no longer have to be cool and I no longer have to worry about what others think.  At this point, it is just about being what God wants me to be. I should have thought about that when I was twenty.