I was hanging out with a friend and a sentence that came out of our conversation struck me. She was talking about the Chronicles of Narnia, that she read them as a child. And she said that they formed her. Not just that they meant a lot to her, or that she loved them, that she thought they were great stories, but she said they formed her. A child, beginning to comprehend the beautiful character of God through the character of Aslan, seeing the bigger and deeper picture of our spiritual reality through these children's stories that are more than stories. I love that image, of something beautiful and good being brought into her life by God to help form her.
Psalm 139 says
"13 You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body
and knit me together in my mother’s womb.
14 Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex!
Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it.
15 You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion,
as I was woven together in the dark of the womb. "
God took care to form me (and you) inside my mother's womb, to physically create me. But I think He also is active throughout our lives, bringing things, people, experiences into our lives to form us too.
I was thinking about this, and the various things from my childhood that helped form who I am. I think of my parents. The books I read as a kid. The hours I spent playing the piano. The close friends that did life with me. There are so many things that helped form me.
But I realized that I am still being formed. God is still guiding me, directing me, and putting the right elements into my path to help form me into the woman of God that he wants me to be. And its still through a lot of the same kinds of things. New songs that grip me with the significance of their words and open my heart to my Lord in a new way. Books that uncover greater understanding of how to tackle life in a Christ honoring and Kingdom bringing way. Old and new friends that listen to me and prompt me to make wise decisions.
I am thankful to be clay in God's hands.
God took care to form me (and you) inside my mother's womb, to physically create me. But I think He also is active throughout our lives, bringing things, people, experiences into our lives to form us too.
I was thinking about this, and the various things from my childhood that helped form who I am. I think of my parents. The books I read as a kid. The hours I spent playing the piano. The close friends that did life with me. There are so many things that helped form me.
But I realized that I am still being formed. God is still guiding me, directing me, and putting the right elements into my path to help form me into the woman of God that he wants me to be. And its still through a lot of the same kinds of things. New songs that grip me with the significance of their words and open my heart to my Lord in a new way. Books that uncover greater understanding of how to tackle life in a Christ honoring and Kingdom bringing way. Old and new friends that listen to me and prompt me to make wise decisions.
I am thankful to be clay in God's hands.
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