I think my train of thought was around ' you knit me together in my mothers womb ' - but it may take us slightly off topic, but not completely.
This is one of those verses that is used as an encouragment - it's a common one and often comes up within discussions about life, and yet I find myself questioning it. David was expressing his opinion and thoughts , about God ' knowing him ' ( the real person ) This is the same psalm ' search me of Lord '
David knows and trusts that God knows everything about him. Now that I have complete faith about.
However, sometimes this verse is used to define every birth, every baby in total- with regards to being knit together- in other words ' God creates every baby / every life ' - well I am not sure I agree totally. I agree that God knows every life, but with regards to ' creating ' every life, well didn't God give us that role when he told us procreate ?
You see if God ' creates ' every life, what about the babies who are born with discibilities, illnesses, development problems. What about the endless children being born into abusive families, or children who are conceived after rape, or children being created to only die of starvation and illness due to poverty. If God is totally in control of life coming into this world, then he would equally be in control of all that goes with it, and I am not sure I agree with that.
I realise that there are many verses from Old Testament where we know God ' opens a womb to allow pregnancy ' but the question is very rarely asked about why that women could not conceive in the first place, to me when God intervened he was healing and answering prayer.
We argue that we have no right to take life, but throughout the OT we have history conveying that God did allow us to take life - and sometimes in very violent ways. It wasn't always in self defence, but to gain land ( something I have never been able to get my head around ! ) or as punishment.
I just do not think it is as clear cut as some people think it is.
This is just something I have been mulling over, and it is just my opinion xx
Rita