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Hem me in

Psalm 139:5
"You hem me in, behind and before,"

"Hem: turn under and sew the edge of (a piece of clothe or clothing) / surround and restrict the space of" (Google definition)

You hem clothes instead of leaving them unfinished to keep the ends from unraveling. There is a restriction placed--a border-- to stop the fabric from coming apart. Should that hem be removed, it is simply a matter of time before that piece of clothe will be completely undone.

"You hem me in ..."
He keeps us from unraveling. He places boundaries so that we do not become completely undone.

What happens when we in our ignorance, step out from that hem? We unravel ourselves. We allow time, life, and the tears of life to rip us apart and leave us but a thread of what once was.
Will those of us who have been unraveled remain nothing but loose ends of thread?
I suppose it depends on each of us.
Will you allow Him to restitch the fabric of your life back together again?
Allow Him to stitch it--to carefully sew it back into a more beautiful piece than the one that was there before.
As He finishes each section, He will hem it.
He will secure it.
He will finish the work He started.
Then, my dear friends, leave the hem. Stay within the boundaries. Allow Him to hem you in, behind and before.

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