Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
I am fearfully and wonderfully made; that the craft of it is marvelous, my soul knows well.
Have I ever looked at myself as a wonder?
📝Reflection
The poet looks at his own existence as a wonder — fearfully and wonderfully made. We are used to seeing only our shortcomings, searching first for flaws in the mirror. But this poem flips the gaze. The heart beats without rest a whole lifetime, wounds heal on their own, the eyes translate light into mind. Is all this to be taken for granted? No — it is a marvel. I long regarded myself as merely lacking. But the moment I reckoned how intricate a miracle one body, one mind of mine is, the self-belittling stopped. To treat oneself as a wonder was not arrogance but an honest courtesy toward existence.
🌱Apply It Today
Today, briefly notice one bodily function you take for granted — breath, the movement of a hand — and feel: "this too is a wonder."
This verse is read as universal humanistic wisdom, not religion — no faith is promoted, and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.
