You may listen to an audio home recording of “Lord, You Planned Me” here.
Lord, You planned me before I was conceived.
Lord, You planned me and then made sure that
Things went according to Your perfect plan.
Lord, You planned me.
Lord, You planned me.
Then at birth You gave me the choice
To follow You or run and stumble
On my own disastrous, catastrophic way.
Lord, You loved me before I was conceived.
Lord, You loved me, although You know how
Far I’d run before I turned to You.
Lord, You loved me.
Lord, You loved me.
Then at birth You gave me the choice
To follow You or run and stumble
On my own disastrous, catastrophic way.
Lord, You still love me no matter how often I stray.
Lord, You still love me and how Your arms out
To welcome me home again when I turn back to You.
Lord, You still love me.
Lord, You still love me.
Lord, You still love me.
About this song:
Psalm 139 has always been one of my favorite Scripture passages. The idea that someone as big as God–and who can imagine how huge He must be?–has known me from the beginning of time blows my mind whenever I think about it.
I mean, how could He possibly keep me straight among the billions of people who live on earth now, much less among all of the people who’ve lived here since He first created the world?
Yet I believe He knows every detail of my existence. That’s what the Bible tells me. He even knows where every hair that used to cover my bald head has gone. He knows more about me than I know about myself.
As if that’s not sufficiently overwhelming, the fact that He made sure I developed according to His plan and then set me free to do as I pleased is many steps beyond incomprehensible.
But He also knew I’d ultimately come back to Him. He didn’t make me love Him. He couldn’t do that. Enforced affection isn’t love.
He gave me His love–the real thing–and He wants the real thing back.
So He let me discover that He is so lovable I couldn’t fail to love Him. And if I love Him, I want to please Him.
So this song draws from Psalm 139 to express my amazement at God for loving me in spite of myself.
Some of you may resent my pointing this out, but Psalm 139 is a clear indication that the Bible is Pro-Life.
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Best regards,
Roger
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