Read: Psalm 139:13-18

I will praise You, for I am
fearfully and wonderfully
made. -Psalm 139:14

Have you ever noticed the pockmarks or dimples,
covering the surface of a golf ball? They make the ball
look imperfect. So what’s their purpose?

An aeronautical engineer who designs golf balls says
that a perfectly smooth ball would travel only about 130
yards off the tee. But the same ball with the right
kind of dimples will fly twice that far. These apparent
“flaws” minimize the ball’s air resistance and allow it
to travel much farther.

Most of us can quickly name the physical
characteristics we wish we had been born without. It’s
difficult to to imagine that these “imperfections” are
there for a purpose and are part of God’s master design.
Yet when the psalmist wrote of God’s creative marvel in
the womb, he said to the Lord, “You formed my inward
parts” (Ps. 139:13), and “Your eyes saw my substance,
being yet unformed” (v.16). Then he said, “I will
praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made”
(v.14).

If we could accept our bodily “imperfections” as part
of God’s master plan for us, what a difference it would
make in our outlook on life. The “dimples” we dislike
may enable us to bring the greatest glory to our wise
and loving Creator, who knows how to get the best out of
us.
-David C. McCasland

The dark threads are as needful
In the Weaver’s skillful hand
As the threads of gold and silver
In the pattern He has planned. -Anon

EVERY CHILD OF GOD
HAS A SPECIAL PLACE IN HIS PLAN.

OUR DAILY BREAD, Copyright 1999 by Radio Bible Class,
Grand Rapids,Michigan. Used by permission.