Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
by Shae Cooke

Published by:  Cup of Comfort Devotional, Daily Reminders of God's Love and Grace

"Listen to me, all of you in far-off lands! 
The LORD called me before my birth;from within the womb he called me by name." Isaiah 49:1

When the doctor placed my son on my chest after the delivery, I breathed in his exhaled breath and the sweetness of it overwhelmed me. My emotions became supercharged as the reality of this new life--of creation overcame me. Tears fell as I embraced my new little one, and it was all I could do not to hug him too hard.

Did the angels feel the same way as they witnessed their Master create man on the sixth day? For, everything they saw Him create up until then, He created for this being. Did they sense that this creation was going to surpass all they had yet witnessed?

I imagine one could hear a feather drop, as the angels watched the Lord select the clay and shape it into a being in His own image. Oh, to be a dove on an olive branch, and witness the Master breathe life into the limp form. Hosanna! No doubt, God received a thunderous heavenly applause.

I gazed at this "clay touched by God" snuggling next to me, and clapped for joy.