Today's Devotion: Psalm 139 (New International Version)

For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb.

The implication here is that we are all one of a kind. God put us here for a purpose. And sometimes, like Jonah, he will lead us to places where we may or may not want to go.

Today's Comments:

Last night I received an email message from a friend with whom I am corresponding on the Internet. She is from the Philippines, but she has a son who is working on his PhD in Theology at Fuller Seminary in Pasadena. She mentioned to me that she has some property in the Philippines that she wants to donate for missionary use. And we have problems in our own church parish just making budget. In reality, we are exhorted to give to God the first fruits of our labor. Yet, so often we give what is left over. On the other hand, God has given us something unique and individual. In reality, we are his first fruits. Just think what it would be like if we weren't. Does that suggest something?