Issue 980 – Been Thinking… about thinking – February 11, 2023
I awakened early this morning on the tail end of a vaguely remembered dream. As I lay in bed, unable to get back to sleep, I began to think about the marvel of the human body in general and the brain and nervous system in particular.
One writer said, “The human body is a miraculous, well-oiled, and exceptionally complex machine. It requires a multitude of functioning parts to come together for a person to live a healthy life—and every biological detail in our bodies, from the mundane to the most magical, is driven by just 21 chemical elements.”
We are mostly water (around 60%, with the brain about 73%) and a seemingly random collection of minerals and chemicals. Carbon, nitrogen, hydrogen and oxygen account for about 96% of our mass. Eight “essential” minerals account for an additional 3%, and the balance is assorted trace elements.
These elements form our nervous system. The human brain has an estimated 100 billion neurons. Our nervous system is about 45 miles long, and our total circulatory system is nearly 60,000 miles.
In effect, our body is a massive machine fine-tuned to incredible detail that allows us to perform not only the essential functions of life but to recall, imagine, dream and more. It seems unbelievable to me that many people believe we are the product of random evolution. The statistical probability of such a complex system coming together without a designer staggers the mind. To think that takes more faith than I could ever muster.
People tell me they will believe in God if they see a miracle. The human body is a miracle of divine engineering amid a staggeringly complex universe. That’s an undeniable miracle.
We are not the results of random chance or accident. We are too complex for that to be true. Our designer is the Sovereign Lord of the universe, the Creator of Heaven and Earth.
God engineered us in His image. He made us to be in relationships and be creative. He gave us senses to experience life and a brain to process it all.
Everything about us was designed to bring God glory. Every one of us is similar in many ways but also unique—every person is a uniquely crafted design for God’s purpose.
For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them. Psalm 139:13-16
You are precious in His sight.
Because you are precious in my eyes, and honoured, and I love you, I give men in return for you, peoples in exchange for your life. Isaiah 43:4
See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 1 John 3:1
God knows you from the sub-molecular level to the entirety of your life and being and loves you. That’s worth thinking about.
Be Blessed
Hallelu Yah / Praise God
Kevin
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Soli Deo Gloria (For the glory of God alone)
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