Tomorrow, January 22, marks the 41st anniversary of the legalization of abortion. In our nations capital hundreds of thousands of people will gather to march for life. If you, like myself, are not able to attend, please pray or reflect from wherever you are about the beautiful gift of life ~ a gift that each of us was given. At this time every year I am devastated to see the numbers of babies that have been aborted since 1973, nearly 60 million now. There are so many statistics and debates to be seen or heard, but for the sake of this post, I only want to offer a psalm and a song.
Psalm 139 is one of my favorite psalms, and is particularly poignant as we remember the souls of the innocents – reminding us that God knew us and formed us intimately within our mothers’ wombs. So too did he know and form the millions who were never born over the last 41 years.
For all those who witness for life. For all mothers and fathers, especially those who are deceived into abortions and so often suffer their grief in silence. And for all the lost innocents.
Psalm 139: 13-18, 23a
You formed my inmost being
You knit me in my mother’s womb
I praise you because I am wonderfully made
Wonderful are your works!
My very self you knew
My bones were not hidden from you
When I was being made in secret
Fashioned in the depths of the earth
Your eyes saw me unformed
In your book all are written down
My days were shaped before one came to be
How precious to me are your designs O God
How vast the sum of them!
Were I to count them they would outnumber the sands
When I complete them still you are with me
Probe me God, know my heartMY VERY SELF YOU KNEW
Knit in my mother’s womb
Bones could not hide from you
My very self you knewWonderful your works
I will praise you, O God
Wonderful your works
I will praise you, O GodYou foresaw my ways
As my days were shaped
Your mercy, worthy of praiseWonderful your works
I will praise you, O God
Wonderful your works
I will praise you, O GodKnow my heart, O God
Know my heart, O GodKnit in my mother’s womb
Bones could not hide from you
My very self you knew
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