“I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them! Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand. When I awake I am still with you.” Psalm 139:14-18
When things go wrong in your body you gain a deeper appreciation for the magnificent creation of a human being. Over these last several years I’ve learned more than I’ve wanted to about white blood cells, red blood cells, platelets, plasma cells, stem cells, wanted proteins, and unwanted proteins. How can one conclude this all came together by chance? The child of God not only knows he is created, he knows he is created for purpose. And the One who created us holds us together. God knows every day we will live and he loves us with an everlasting love. He is not against me… He is for me! How precious are his thoughts!
“From heaven the Lord looks down and sees all mankind; from his dwelling place he watches all who live on the earth – he who forms the hearts of all, who considers everything they do. No king is saved by the size of his army; no warrior escapes by his great strength. A horse is a vain hope for deliverance; despite all its great strength it cannot save. But the eyes of the Lord are on those who fear him, on those whose hope is in his unfailing love, to deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine. We wait in hope for the Lord; he is our help and our shield. In him our hearts rejoice, for we trust in his holy name. May your unfailing love rest upon us, O Lord, even as we put our hope in you.” Psalm 33:13-22
Our oldest daughter Kinsey gave me a great present for Christmas. It was a DVD of an event she attended in Atlanta a little over a year ago. Song writers Chris Tomlin and Matt Redman led worship and speaker Louie Giglio pointed to our awesome Creator. He told this story. After an event in Tyler, Texas, a molecular scientist introduced himself to Louie and shared about a protein in our body that has a special purpose. ‘Laminin’ is a cell adhesion molecule similar to glue that holds our body together. Louie confessed he didn’t understand the big words the scientist used, but he promised to ‘google’ the word ‘laminin’ when he got home. After clicking ‘image’ in his search, this picture appeared:
Did the Author of Life put a cell in our bodies that points to the sacrifice offered on our behalf? He holds all things together… what Good News for the New Year!
“He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. He is before all things and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.” Colossians 1:15-20