Long before you counted fingers and toes, God was already at work. Psalm 139 says it plainly: “For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb. I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well” (Psalm 139:13-14, KJV).
Every stage of your baby’s growth, the ones you can see and the thousand small ones you cannot, is happening under the same careful hand that formed the psalmist. That does not change on the hard nights, and it does not change when growth looks different than you expected. He is not surprised by your baby. He is the one who is knitting them together.
Tonight, whether your baby is sleeping close by or still the size of a hope in your heart, you can pray this over them:
Lord, thank You for knitting together this body and this mind. Thank You that You are not finished, and that You do not make mistakes. Where there is growing left to do, keep doing it gently. Where there is worry in my own heart tonight, replace it with the same wonder You felt when You first formed them. In Jesus’ name, amen.
You do not have to understand every part of how a body or a mind grows to trust the One who designed it. That is what praying over your baby is really doing: handing the parts you cannot control back to the God who never lost control of them in the first place.