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In Psalm 139, verse 14, the psalmist writes, “I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; marvelous are Your works, and that my soul knows very well. (NKJV)

These words popped into my head today as I saw them, literally, in my heart projected in an ultrasound. I didn’t know what an echocardiogram was, but my doctor said I had to have one because of a bunch of fluid around my heart as seen on a CT scan for something completely different.

I could see all four chambers as they slowly, very slowly, opened and closed circulating my blood. At times, depending on the view, it looked like a snowman or a pyramid, but always beating. The tech turned the sound on and the rhythm was so ethereal and I wondered if the sound pulsed out of my feet and into the depths of the earth, or out of my head and high up into the stars. I was spellbound by this incredible machine powering my life and the Creator who designed every little piece of it with love and longing for the life it would become.

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The tech asked, “What is your normal heart rate?”

I said, “Usually somewhere between 38 and 42, why, what is it?”

He said, “It’s 39. What is the reason for that?”

I said, “I don’t know. You’re the heart tech.”

He said, “Hm.”

Fearfully and wonderfully made.

Post Script: My heart is fine.