Psalm 139 Part 2 - June 23, 2009

The second half of Psalm 139 - read through it just like yesterday...(insert your name every time you see a blank.)
¹³ For you created ___________ inmost being;
you knit __________ together in his/her mother's womb.
¹⁴ ___________ praises you because _____________ is fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
___________ knows that full well.
¹⁵ ____________ frame was not hidden from you
when ___________ was made in the secret place.
When ___________ was woven together in the depths of the earth,
¹⁶ your eyes saw ___________ unformed body.
All the days ordained for ____________
were written in your book
before one of them came to be.
¹⁷ How precious to ____________ are your thoughts, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!
¹⁸ Were ___________ to count them,
they would outnumber the grains of sand.
When ___________ awakes,
____________ is still with you.
¹⁹ If only you would slay the wicked, O God!
Away from ___________, you bloodthirsty men!
²⁰ They speak of you with evil intent;
your adversaries misuse your name.
²¹ Does ___________ not hate those who hate you, O LORD,
and abhor those who rise up against you?
²² ____________ has nothing but hatred for them;
____________ counts them his/her enemies.
²³ Search ___________, O God, and know ____________ heart;
test ___________ and know ___________ anxious thoughts.
²⁴ See if there is any offensive way in _____________,
and lead ___________ in the way everlasting.
This is coming from the mouth of David in the Old Testament, in a time where they did not have the Holy Spirit as an advisor and did not fully understand God's heart for ALL people...so the hatred section sounds really harsh when you put your name in there - I was a bit uncomfortable. BUT, shouldn't there be hatred for the enemies of God...not hatred of the men and women themselves, but hatred of their ways and actions. When someone misuses the name of God and dishonors my creator and Lord I should hate that. I should hate it when I do those things. This Psalm drives home the seriousness of protecting God's name.
I also love how the Psalm closes out - with me asking God to search me for anything offensive. God, I desperately want to be led into the way everlasting...I want to leave the finite meaningless things I chase after behind to seek your path.