Very Interesting!!

The Cross in Our Bodies  This is a pretty neat story and an interesting thing that few of us know. It's brief, so please read. (FROM A DOCTOR)  A couple of days ago I was running (I use that term very loosely) on my treadmill, watching a DVD sermon by Louie Giglio... And I was BLOWN AWAY!  I want to share what I learned....   He (Louie) was talking about how inconceivably BIG our God is... How He spoke the universe into being... How He breathes stars out of His mouth that are huge raging balls of fire..  Etc. Etc. Then He went on to speak of how this star-breathing, universe creating God ALSO knitted our human bodies together with amazing detail and wonder. At this point I am LOVING it (fascinating from a medical standpoint, you know.) . And I was remembering how I was constantly amazed during medical school as I learned more and more about God's handiwork. I remember so many times thinking..'How can ANYONE deny that a Creator did all of this???' Louie went on to talk about how we can trust that the God who created all this, also has the power to hold it all together when things seem to be falling apart...how our loving Creator is also our sustainer.   And then I lost my breath. And it wasn't because I was running my treadmill, either!!!   It was because he started talking about laminin. I knew about laminin.. Here is how Wikipedia describes them: 'Laminins are a family of proteins that are an integral part of the structural scaffolding of basement membranes in almost every animal tissue' You see.... Laminins are what hold us together... LITERALLY. They are cell adhesion molecules. They are what holds one cell of our bodies to the next cell. Without them, we would literally fall apart. And I knew all this already. But what I didn't know is what they LOOKED LIKE..   But now I do.  And I have thought about it a thousand times since (already)....Here is what the structure of lamina looks like... AND THIS IS NOT a 'Christian portrayal' of it.... If you look up lamina in any scientific/medical piece of literature, this is what you will see....       Now tell me that our God is not the coolest!!!  Amazing.  The glue that holds us together.... ALL of us..... Is in the shape of the cross.  Immediately Colossians 1:15-17 comes to mind.            '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.'                                         Colossians 1:15-17   Call me crazy. I just think that is very, very, very cool. Thousands of years before the world knew anything about laminin, Paul penned those words. And now we see that from a very LITERAL standpoint, we are held together... One cell to another.... By the cross. You would never in a quadrillion years convince me that is anything other than the mark of a Creator who knew EXACTLY what laminin 'glue' would look like long before Adam breathed his first breath!!  What I found when I googled lamina !!!!!!!!!!!              The cross is supposed to  be swinging when you receive this.   I  hope it still is. This is cool - had to pass it on.  I think we could all use a miracle.  I know I certainly can!    Please dear Lord we pray for our Country!! Just repeat this prayer and see how God moves!   'Lord, I love you and I need you, come  into my heart, and bless me, my family, my home, and my friends, in Jesus' name.   Amen.   Lord, when doubts fill my mind, when my heart is in turmoil, quiet me and give me renewed hope and cheer" (Psalm 94:19 LB).       Thanks to: Vickie Vanhorn

  His Eye Is On The Sparrow

This was a beautiful example of our inability to know how other animals handle loss. Inspiring to know God's smallest creatures are full of love. 

 

HIS EYE IS ON THE SPARROW     A female mate was hit by a car as she swooped low across the road, and the condition was soon fatal.   Her male mate brought her food and attended her with love and compassion.   He brought her food again, but was shocked to find her dead.   He tried to move her - a rarely seen effort.   Aware that his mate was dead and would never come back to him again, he cried with adoring love...   ...and stood beside her with sadness and sorrow.   Millions of people were touched after seeing these photos in America , Europe, Australia , and even India .  The photographer sold these pictures for a nominal fee to the most famous newspaper in France .  All copies of that edition were sold out on the day these pictures were published.   And many people think animals and birds don't have brains or feelings.  You have just witnessed love and sorrow felt by God's creatures.  The Bible says that God knows when a sparrow falls.  Imagine how much He cares for us!   Live simply, love generously, care deeply, and speak kindly.