Day 5 - Psalm 139

Today is the big day. We go for the “telling” sonogram. Will we have a boy or a girl? Will we have two boys and one girl or one boy and two girls? Who will forever break the tie? As I anticipate this afternoon and the big news, there is a small voice in the back of my head. The voice that says, “What if the big news is not the sex of the child, but the health of the child?”

The truth is we don’t know. There are plenty of things that could be wrong with this baby. Today our focus could switch from color selections in the nursery to coping strategies.

Obviously I’m a realist. I like to look at truth. So as a Christian I MUST also look at the true word of God. This morning I focus on Psalm 139. The truth is, something could be wrong with this baby, and the truth is, it is no secret to God. He knows my baby intimately. He knows how many days he or she will live. He has a plan for this little one’s life-be it long or short.

God has created all things and is sovereign over all things. So I trust Him. Today we can walk into the Doctor’s office with confidence. I trust God, not because He promises my children will be safe from danger, but because he promises to be with us no matter the danger.

Verse 12 of this same chapter says, “ . . .even the darkness will not be dark to you.”

Thank you, God for your truth, and your promises. Thank you God for this baby.






Psalm 139:13-16
13 For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother's womb.
14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.
15 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,
16 your eyes saw my unformed body.
All the days ordained for me
were written in your book
before one of them came to be.