You Are Wonderful
"I will praise You, for I am fearfully [and] wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And [that] my soul knows very well." Psalm 139:14 (NKJV)
Wonderful = Wonder + Full
To fill with wonder, awe
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary defines it as:
1: exciting wonder : marvelous, astonishing [a sight wonderful to behold]
2: unusually good : admirable [did a wonderful job]
"Unusually good", of an unusually high quality.
Just for the record, in case there's any doubt, "marvelous are Your works" is talking about us. Not just the sun and stars, and towering waterfalls, and whales, but each and every one of us.
No matter what we've done to ourselves, no matter how jacked up we are, He still sees us as the amazing, wonderful, marvelous person He created us to be.
I was curious about the "fearfully", so I looked it up on Blue Letter Bible.org.
The word translated "fearfully" is the Hebrew word yare':
2) to cause astonishment and awe, be held in awe
3) to inspire reverence or godly fear or awe
God created us and sees us as awe-inspiring.
"Marvelous" is the word pala':
3) to be wonderful, be extraordinary
a) marvellous (participle)
"Wonderful" is the word palah:
1) to be distinct, be separated, be distinguished
2) to be wonderful
But get this: It's in the 'Perfect' tense, "which expresses a completed action".
It is already done. It is already completed. We are wonderful.
No matter what our present state is, He created us as astonishing, extraordinary, marvelous, unusually good, awe-inspiring.
He made us wonderful.
Psalms 139 (Blue Letter Bible: NKJV - New King James Version)
Wonderful = Wonder + Full
To fill with wonder, awe
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary defines it as:
1: exciting wonder : marvelous, astonishing [a sight wonderful to behold]
2: unusually good : admirable [did a wonderful job]
"Unusually good", of an unusually high quality.
Just for the record, in case there's any doubt, "marvelous are Your works" is talking about us. Not just the sun and stars, and towering waterfalls, and whales, but each and every one of us.
No matter what we've done to ourselves, no matter how jacked up we are, He still sees us as the amazing, wonderful, marvelous person He created us to be.
I was curious about the "fearfully", so I looked it up on Blue Letter Bible.org.
The word translated "fearfully" is the Hebrew word yare':
2) to cause astonishment and awe, be held in awe
3) to inspire reverence or godly fear or awe
God created us and sees us as awe-inspiring.
"Marvelous" is the word pala':
3) to be wonderful, be extraordinary
a) marvellous (participle)
"Wonderful" is the word palah:
1) to be distinct, be separated, be distinguished
2) to be wonderful
But get this: It's in the 'Perfect' tense, "which expresses a completed action".
It is already done. It is already completed. We are wonderful.
No matter what our present state is, He created us as astonishing, extraordinary, marvelous, unusually good, awe-inspiring.
He made us wonderful.
Psalms 139 (Blue Letter Bible: NKJV - New King James Version)