I Made Her
Author: Unknown
I made her . . . She is different
She is unique
With love I formed her in her mother's womb.
I fashioned her with great joy.
I remember, with great pleasure,
the day I created her.
(Psalm 139:13-16)
I love her smile.
I love her ways.
I love to hear her laugh.
And the silly things she says and does.
She brings Me great pleasure.
This is how I made her.
(Psalm 139:17 Zephaniah 3:17)
I made her pretty and not beautiful,
Because I knew her heart,
And knew she would be vain . . .
I wanted her to search out her heart,
And to learn that it would be
Me in her
That would make her beautiful . . .
And it would be Me in her
That would draw friends to her.
(1 Peter 3:3-5)
I made her in such a way,
That she would need Me.
I made her a little more lonesome
than she would like to be . . .
Only because I need for her
to lean and depend on Me . . .
I know her heart,
I know if I had not made her like this,
She would go her own chosen way
And forget Me . . . her Creator.
(Psalm 62:5-8)
I have given her
many good and happy things
Because I love her.
(Psalm 84:11, Romans 8:23 & 37-39)
Because I love her,
I have seen her broken heart . . .
And the tears she cried alone.
I have cried with her,
And had a broken heart, too.
(Psalm 56:8 Psalm 34:18)
Many times she has stumbled
and fallen alone
Only because she would not hold
My Hand,
So many lessons she's learned
the hard way.
Because she would not listen
to My voice . . .
(Isaiah 53:6)
So many times I have set back
And sadly watched her go
her merry way alone.
Only to watch her return to
My Arms, sad and broken.
(Luke 15:7)
And now she is Mine again . . .
I made her, and then I bought her . . .
Because I love her.
(Romans 5:8)
I have to reshape her and remold her . . .
To renew her
to what I had planned for her to be.
It has not been easy for her
or for Me.
(Jeremiah 29:11)
I want her to be conformed
to My image . . .
This is the high goal I have set for her,
Because I love her.
(2 Corinthians 2:14)
I don't know about you guys, but I'm ABSOLUTELY IN LOVE WITH THIS. Every girl should read it. And if you are a guy reading this, God feels this way about you too! Just change the she/her, to him/he etc (: So I've taken a deep look at this, at each individual section and applied it to myself. This could be a great way for building self-esteem- which I really, reallly, reallllly realllly, NEED!
I made her . . . She is different
She is unique
With love I formed her in her mother's womb.
I fashioned her with great joy.
I remember, with great pleasure,
the day I created her.
(Psalm 139:13-16)
I love her smile.
I love her ways.
I love to hear her laugh.
And the silly things she says and does.
She brings Me great pleasure.
This is how I made her.
(Psalm 139:17 Zephaniah 3:17)
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh. God is the sweeeeeetest everrr. He definitely has my heart forever!! He made me different and unique. I really wish I saw this in myself, though. I don't feel like I have anything that makes me stand out from other people, but God says I do, so I want to keep searching. And to think that me, Jamie Herman, gave God, THE CREATOR OF EVERYTHING, pleasure in being created is beyond words. Do you people understand how HUGE HIS LOVE IS?!!? He takes pleasure in us. We are His joy. Small, weak, far from perfect human beings give GOD happiness. How in the world does that make sense?!? I don't deserve a love like that at all, but that is just how amazing our God is. The second paragraph just gives me butterflies. How God loves those little things about me. My smile, my ways, my laugh? He sounds like the perfect boyfriend (maybe guys should take lessons from God how to treat a lady). The line, "And the silly things she says and does." hahahahah I'm the absolutely the weirdest person on this earth! And to think that God likes that, makes me want to be even weirder :p I'm proud I can give some humor to His day. "This is how I made her." God made me, just the way he wants me. God made YOU, just the way He wants YOU. Just keep repeating that to yourself. We are just the way God wants us. The things we see as flaws, or when we say "I wish I was better at this.." or "Why can't I be like that person?" shouldn't even come out of our mouths. If God made us like this shouldn't we embrace it, because it's how God (THE CREATOR OF EVERYTHING) wanted us?!? We shouldn't try to change who we are. We are beautifully and wonderfully made by an amazing God that has a Love for us greater than we'll ever be able to comprehend and plans for our lives that are out of this world.<3
I made her pretty and not beautiful,
Because I knew her heart,
And knew she would be vain . . .
I wanted her to search out her heart,
And to learn that it would be
Me in her
That would make her beautiful . . .
And it would be Me in her
That would draw friends to her.
(1 Peter 3:3-5)
I made her in such a way,
That she would need Me.
I made her a little more lonesome
than she would like to be . . .
Only because I need for her
to lean and depend on Me . . .
I know her heart,
I know if I had not made her like this,
She would go her own chosen way
And forget Me . . . her Creator.
(Psalm 62:5-8)
Isn't it amazing how much God thinks of us? Just how selfless His actions are?!? And that even though we don't understand why he does certain things, things will always turn out for the good because that is what God does. "I wanted her to search out her heart and learn that it would be Me in her that would make her beautiful." All I want to type is, "God is amazing" over and over and over again. This is so true to my life. God is the only thing that would ever be able to make me beautiful on this earth. I'm not talking about outer beauty, I'm talking about having a beautiful heart. He is the only thing that can "save a wretch like me." He makes me beautiful. My wonderful, wonderful God makes me beautiful.
Because I love her,
I have seen her broken heart . . .
And the tears she cried alone.
I have cried with her,
And had a broken heart, too.
(Psalm 56:8 Psalm 34:18)
Many times she has stumbled
and fallen alone
Only because she would not hold
My Hand,
So many lessons she's learned
the hard way.
Because she would not listen
to My voice . . .
(Isaiah 53:6)
This one reallllllly cut deep. "I have seen her broke heart, And the tears she cried alone. I have with her, And had a broken heart too." It makes me think of all the things I've been through. How many times I've hit rock bottom, how many times I've been so close to ending it, how many times I've felt abandoned but Him, how many times I've screamed out to God in my tears, just BEGGING for Him to draw near. It also reminds me of my selfishness, when we hurt we don't think about how God also shares our pain. We usually blame Him for it, and tell Him to fix it, not realizing that it tears Him apart too, seeing His child broken. It reminds me that I'm never ever alone, when I'm in tears, that is when God is closest to me. An awesome guy named Rob Bell (he has great youtube videos-you should probably watch them too-SOO GOOD) talked about how many times the Bible mentions crying and how that when we cry, that's when God is closest to us. Yall should check out Psalm 42:3-11. The next part is also painful for me to think about, "Many times she has stumbled and fallen alone only because she would not hold my hand, so many lessons she has learned the hard way. Because she would not listen to my voice." I will never be able to tell you how many times I've turned from God's Will for my own and did what I wanted to do instead. Only because I was scared, being selfish, and I wanted to feel like I'm in control of my life. But really I'm NEVER in control. God is the only one to have control in our lives. He is control of it right now, He is in control of the future, and He was in control of our past. Nothing we do will change what He wants to do, God's way will always prevail over our own. I'm ashamed of the times I ignore God, even though I know I may get hurt in the process.
So many times I have set back
And sadly watched her go
her merry way alone.
Only to watch her return to
My Arms, sad and broken.
(Luke 15:7)
And I can't tell you how many times I've come running back to God begging Him to fix the mess I've made. I've never thought about how it must make God feel to have to watch the people He loves so dearly try to do things on their own knowing they will get hurt and come running to him. I always, always, always come running back. Every time I say to God, "I'm sorry for leaving, I will stay strong in Your Will this time. I won't leave anymore. Your way is the best way." And every time I do this, somehow I slip away only to find myself alone again because I stopped paying attention to God. But even though we always leave, GOD WILL ALWAYS WELCOME US HOME WITH OPEN ARMS!! God doesn't give just 2nd chances, he gives a bajillionXendless amount of chances. He will never turn us away. He always forgives us and lets us back into His Love. There is no one on this earth that is this loyal, this faithful, this passionate, this selfless, this forgiving, this trusting, and this loving. GOD IS SOOOO AMAZINGGG!! I can't imagine living in this world and not being a Christian. How do people survive?
I have to reshape her and remold her . . .
To renew her
to what I had planned for her to be.
It has not been easy for her
or for Me.
(Jeremiah 29:11)
I want her to be conformed
to My image . . .
This is the high goal I have set for her,
Because I love her.
(2 Corinthians 2:14)
And now for probably the best thing God does in our lives. He is constantly changing us, and forming us to want he intends for us to be. He wants us to be have such an amazing life, full of love and fulfillment. Why is it so hard to just give into His Will and forget our fleshly desires? Nothing in this world will last, but God will remain. Well, it is very much easier said than done. Our world is full of so much suffering, hate, evil, and temptation. We aren't perfect so it's very hard for us to avoid those things. All we can do is keep trying. Keep going. Never give up. Keep pushing towards the Cross. God's Will, will make us uncomfortable, we will sometimes have to do things we wouldn't normally do, but out of those things God blesses us tremendously. For example, In the beginning of my first semester here at college I kind of fell into the party scene even though I didn't want to. I knew I needed to get out. There was this bible study that I was very ify about attending, but I'm like, "Fine God, I'll go". I MET MY BEST FRIEND THERE and a lot of other amazing friends too. God brought me into a Christian friend group that saved me from what I could've become. For once I did something I was scared out of my mind to do, go to a bible study alone, knowing nobody, and ending up finding an amazing group of friends. I knew right then I had followed God's Will and it was soooooo beyond worth it. God's plan is so much better than the plan we have for ourselves. Just keep your eyes open and search for what God wants to bring you to and show you.I can't wait to continuously grow into the woman of God that God wants me to Be.
Lastly, God, I just want to thank you so much for absolutely EVERYTHING you have done in my life. I would have no reason to be in this world without you, seriously, If I didn't have my faith in You, I just simply wouldn't be here anymore. I want to continue to grow my personal relationship with You, and help be Your light in this world. I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!
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