Wonderfully Made

The Amazingly Accurate Prenatal Imagery of Psalm 139

For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother's womb.
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful, I know that full well.—Psalm 139:13-14

Psalm 139 has been on my mind quite a bit lately. Maybe it's because I have recently written a couple of articles about the incredible design of human pregnancy—design that highlights just how fearfully and wonderfully human beings are made.

Posting these articles to my Facebook page prompted one of my Facebook friends, Eric, to ask a thought-provoking question: "Psalm 139:13 says God 'knit' us in our mother's womb. This sounds a...