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Wonder: Fearfully and Wonderfully Made (Psalm 139:13-16)

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In Wonder, Auggie Pullman enters middle school with a severe facial difference. He is stared at, bullied, isolated. Yet the film insists: he is fearfully and wonderfully made. The Psalmist says, I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Auggie's face is not a mistake to be corrected but a life to be lived. The wonder is not despite his difference; the wonder is him—his humor, courage, family. Being wonderfully made does not mean looking like everyone else; it means being the irreplaceable you.

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Scripture References

Psalm 139:13-16Psalm 139:14Ephesians 2:10

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