Yesterday was my birthday! We started it off by going to church and then went golfing and lastly went out for dinner. As I was driving to church with Tara and a few friends I thought back to when I was younger and how I got to do pretty much whatever I wanted on my birthday. I got to pick where we were going to eat and something fun to do that day. I was probably selfish about it and in the U.S. we feel it's your right to get what you want on your birthday. But what about our creator, God, shouldn't He be the one we first thank as we begin to celebrate our birthday? In Psalm 139 God is praised for how He knew us before we were born and we were fearfully and wonderfully made.
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.
As we were singing the songs in church I was thinking about how my parents raised me and loved me and yet God even knew me before I was created! How awesome is that! I think it was God reminding me yesterday that He is the one to be praised and thanked. I hope that with every birthday in the future I will remember to give God the glory!
For the sake of the Gospel,
Tim and Tara Chamberlain
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