{"id":6380,"date":"2012-01-23T06:04:20","date_gmt":"2012-01-23T11:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beyondblue\/?p=6380"},"modified":"2012-01-15T10:39:34","modified_gmt":"2012-01-15T15:39:34","slug":"psalm-139-you-are-loved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beyondblue\/2012\/01\/psalm-139-you-are-loved.html","title":{"rendered":"Psalm 139: You Are Loved"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>On the combox of my post, \u201cWhat Is Your Epiphany,\u201d<\/a> a reader said that her \u201cAha\u201d moment was knowing that God loves her. Simply that: She is loved unconditionally by God<\/em>. <\/p>\n

That is one of the mottos that I repeat throughout the day, as well. It can be successful in breaking my addiction or attachment I toward success, approval, attention, affection, and the kind of self-abortion that impedes my progress toward peace and sanity. <\/p>\n

So it was ironic, last week, when the director of liturgies at St. Mary\u2019s in Annapolis, where our kids attend school, asked me to read the following psalm as part of my daughter\u2019s First Reconciliation service. Maybe I\u2019m turning into one of those people who finds a sign in everything (Oh, it\u2019s 11:11 \u2013 make a wish!), but it felt as though God was communicating to me a very clear message, given the kind of struggles I\u2019ve had the last two months.<\/p>\n

A Reading from Psalm 139 <\/p>\n

You have looked deep
\ninto my heart, LORD,
\nand you know all about me.
\nYou know when I am resting or when I am working,
\nand from heaven
\nyou discover my thoughts.
\nYou notice everything I do
\nand everywhere I go. <\/p>\n

You are the one
\nwho put me together
\ninside my mother\u2019s body,
\nand I praise you
\nbecause of the wonderful way
\nyou created me.
\nEverything you do is marvelous
\nOf this I have no doubt.
\nNothing about me
\nis hidden from you!
\nI was secretly woven together
\ndeep in the earth below. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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