‍I recently caught a podcast, in which an eating disorder therapist mentioned how her young son bumped into some furniture, and made the comment, “Sorry Body.”

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Out of the mouth of babes, huh?

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“No one hates his own body but feeds and cares for it, just as (Yahshua Ha-Mashiach) Christ cares for the church.”‍ ‍

Ephesians 5:29

In all the forgiveness issues we are challenged by, in forgiving others, and forgiving ourselves, have we realized just how much we need to apologize to our very beings?

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We were created intentionally.

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I’m providing the following Psalm, in its entirety, because it screams loudly OF His intention concerning EACH ONE OF US.

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“1 O Elohim, You have searched me

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and known me.

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2You know when I sit and when I rise;

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You understand my thoughts from afar.

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3You search out my path and my lying down;

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You are aware of all my ways.

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4Even before a word is on my tongue,

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You know all about it, O Elohim.

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5You hem me in behind and before;

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You have laid Your hand upon me.

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6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,

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too lofty for me to attain.

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7Where can I go to escape Your Spirit?

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Where can I flee from Your presence?

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8If I ascend to the heavens, You are there;

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if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there.

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9If I rise on the wings of the dawn,

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if I settle by the farthest sea,

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10even there Your hand will guide me;

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Your right hand will hold me fast.

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11If I say, ‘Surely the darkness will hide me,

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and the light become night around me’—

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12even the darkness is not dark to You,

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but the night shines like the day,

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for darkness is as light to You.

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13For You formed my inmost being;

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You knit me together in my mother’s womb.

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14I praise You,

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for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.

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Marvelous are Your works,

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and I know this very well.

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15My frame was not hidden from You

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when I was made in secret,

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when I was woven together

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in the depths of the earth.

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16Your eyes saw my unformed body;

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all my days were written in Your book

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and ordained for me

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before one of them came to be.

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17How precious to me are Your thoughts, O Elohim,

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how vast is their sum!

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18If I were to count them,

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they would outnumber the grains of sand;

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and when I awake,

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I am still with You.

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19O Elohim, that You would slay the wicked—

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away from me, you bloodthirsty men—

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20who speak of You deceitfully;

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Your enemies take Your name in vain.

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21Do I not hate those who hate You, O Elohim,

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and detest those who rise against You?

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22I hate them with perfect hatred;

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I count them as my enemies.

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23Search me, O Elohim, and know my heart;

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test me and know my concerns.

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24See if there is any offensive way in me;

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lead me in the way everlasting.”

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Psalm 139

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NONE of that Psalm was apologetic. None of that Psalm minimized our value, of how it is unique, inherent, and unable to be duplicated.

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We are so loved and valued by The Almighty.

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“Since you were precious in my sight… I have loved you…”

Isaiah 43:4

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“I have chosen you and have not cast you away.”

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Isaiah 41:9

Our Father. Creator of Everything.

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He IS that intentional about us, in His Love, Design, and Purpose for us.

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He does not apologize for who He made, including you, right now, no matter how harshly you regard yourself.

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Yeah, I’d say, at least, we owe our bodies an apology, but, more than that.

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“Sorry, Body.”

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We owe our very beings an apology as well. Spirit, Soul, Mind, AND Body.

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We owe The Most High an apology, also.

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Let’s Pray.

Abba-

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We come to You now, in The Name of Yahshua, Your Son, Our Savior.

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You know how we have thought of and spoken about ourselves.

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Your Creation.

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Your Child.

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You know how dishonoring and harmful that has been.

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Forgive us.

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We need Your Help to see ourselves accurately, the way that You do.

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We have not done that in our lives.

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You know the consequences which have arisen from that choice.

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Help us to know, love, and understand You better, to accept ourselves through Your Sight of us.

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We need so much help in that area.

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Lead, love, and guide us, right where we are right now.

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Thank You, that we are the embodiment of Psalm 139. Help us to live that victorious declaration in our lives.

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Thank You.

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In The Name of Yahshua, we pray.

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Amen.

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