His amazing Grace.
There are a lot of diseases out there.My clinical medicine book stands at 1445 pages and that only covers the basic common stuff. There are books of a similar size on the diseases of just one organ. Even before our noses catch the first whiff of earthly air, there are so many problems that we could have already in utero, before we get a chance to screw up our bodies by doing dumb things like smoke, drink, eat bad food. It completely astounds me that I am... healthy.
I remember when I was studying embryology, I was so awestruck, given how many congenital abnormalities can form, that I came out normal. I have all my fingers and toes, all my organs are in the right place, my brain and nerves function, my lungs take in air and my heart pumps blood without leaking through the holes that existed when I was in my mum's tummy. When we learn about how cancer forms, we're told that lots of cellular mutations occur unbeknownst to us -- accumulate enough and cancer will form. But I used to be one cell big only -- just sperm + egg. If I had caught a mutation when I was one cell big, two cells big, or even 16 cells big, there would be 1/16th of me that would be abnormal! I probably wouldn't have made it through, I would have been a miscarriage. So how come there aren't miscarriages all over the world? How did I make it from one cell big to 10 billion cells big unscathed? And all over the world, babies coming out normal is the rule rather than the exception? Amazing!
Which is why, in the midst of my studies now, I feel compelled to make a post.
God is so amazing! He knitted me while I was in my mum's belly (Psalm 139). Without Him, the world left to itself would be chaotic. He created us to have DNA repair mechanisms to fight all the genetic assaults, he created homeostatic mechanisms to ensure our bodies are resilient to trauma, infection, malnutrition and all the other injurious things we face. If there was no God who created all this, how can so many beautiful intricate things on earth hold together and flourish, whereas all our next door neighbours (Mars, Venus, Jupiter) are all desert, harsh and barren?
The best part? I feel like I am, as I breathe, talk, think, function, a living testament to His amazing handiwork. My parents gave me a good name. Only by His grace.
"For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother's womb.
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful, I know that full well." - Psalm 139:13-14
posted by me. @ 11:28 AM
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