David, of all the writers in the Bible, possessed the sharpest intuition about the way the Lord knows us and relates to us. Reading his psalms pulls me into the deep end of understanding how the Lord cares for us as we go through this life. Here’s an example:

You perceive my thoughts from afar…before a word is on my tongue you, Lord, know it completely…you hem me in behind and before…where can I flee from your presence?

Amazingly, the Lord knows us even from the womb: For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb…I am fearfully and wonderfully made…my frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place.

Those who place stock in the words of scripture, myself included, find compelling reasons to protect the lives of those not yet born. Every person alive—each and every one of us—arrives from the hand of the Creator, and those hands first act within the womb. It’s hard for me to acquiesce to the destruction of people with such value and worth.

Choose life. The Lord grants it to us and the Lord guides us through it. If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast.

Why would I not pursue such a life with my Creator? Why not, like David, ask the Lord to lead me in the way everlasting?

I choose life—how about you?

Psalm 139 in week forty-eight of reading the Bible cover to cover

The Creation of Adam by Michelangelo