Does God Understand You?

WHAT CREATION TEACHES US

Reflect on one of the closest relationships humans can have-that of identical twins.  They share an especially intimate bond. Some twins even "know  what it's like to say something to someone who understands exactly  what they mean without explanation, says Nancy Segal, direction of the Twin Studies Center and a twin herself.  One woman described that the relationship between her and her identical twin this way:  "We just know everything about each other."

What accounts for this unique understanding?  Studies suggest that while environment and parenting are factors, the especially similar genetic makeup of identical twins  seems to play a critical role.

Consider:  The Creator of this awesome genetic material surely  has a unique understanding of the makeup of every one of us. Indeed, the psalmist  David declared:  "You keep me screened of in my mother's womb.  My bones were not hidden from you when I was made even in secret. . . . Your eyes even saw me as an embryo; all its parts were written in your book." (Psalm 139:13, 15, 16)  God alone  knows and can fully understand not only our genetic makeup but also all the events in  our life that have shaped us.  God's unique knowledge of us and our genetic makeup assures us that he does indeed understand us in every detail.

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