Here I am to try
and be committed to this blog again. (The thought has crossed my mind that
maybe it is time to give up considering...) We went on vacation on the ninth
assuming that when the website said there was wifi we wouldn’t have such harsh
restrictions, but two of our family needed to work from the cottage so the rest
of us needed to restrict our access. It was a bit disappointing considering how
much my Mom paid for the place.
Then, on the last
evening there, I decided to leave the place with a bang, literally- me into a
wooden dock. (Not explaining that one!) Yes, it was my own fault, but bruised/
fractured ribs later, it has been a week for the pain to settle down enough to
think straight. Did you know doctors don’t do anything for that? My memories of
the accident are few, but the worst one is hearing my Mom being so afraid for
me. I am grateful to have a Mom who loves me and mostly regret frightening her.
After this week I
have a new answer for people that want to see or have proof miracles exist/
happen. I would tell them, “I’m looking at one.” Yes, every person is a miracle
from God. From the act of conception, through the rapid growth over 20 years,
to the reforming of skin, bones, muscles, etc. after trauma, and the ability to
heal, our human bodies continually perform the miracle of sustaining life. Why
do my lungs know to breathe, my heart know to beat, my stomach know how to
break down food, etc.? We can say it is science, but the probability of all
this science being formed exactly right and functioning exactly right is a
miracle.
We have approx.
37.2 trillion cells.* Each cell has approx. 100 trillion atoms.* Multiply the
two together and we get an enormous number of atoms* in our bodies that must
perform their tasks properly just to ensure our survival. (FYI- there are at
least 800 billion more cells in your body than there are galaxies in the known
universe.) There are also more
prokaryotes (bacteria) growing on our body and in the digestive system than we
have cells in our body. That part kind of grosses me out!
I will praise You; for I am fearfully and
wonderfully made; Your works are marvelous and my soul knows it very well. Ps.
139:14
(the Son) And, "You, Lord, have laid
the foundation of the earth in the beginning, and the heavens are the works of
Your hands. Hb. 1:10
For every house is built by someone, but
He who built all things is God. Hb.
3:4
Now, I’m no mathematician
(though I wish I had a friend who was) but that number of atoms, cells and
bacteria doing what they are supposed to do is a miracle. We are living
miracles for it was God who breathed life into man and it is Jesus who sustains
this universe and all in it. Jesus is the Way, the Truth and the Life. (Jh. 14:6) Without Him there is no life.
The Spirit of God made me, and the breath
of the Almighty gives me life. Jb. 33:4
And Jehovah God formed man of the dust of
the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a
living soul. Gn. 2:7
(the Son) For all things were created in
Him, the things in the heavens, and the things on the earth, the visible and
the invisible, … all things were created through Him and for Him. And He is
before all things, and by Him all things consist*. Col.
*G4921- sunist…- set, bring together,
establish, put together
(the Son) who being the shining splendor
of His glory, and the express image of His essence, and upholding* all things
by the word of His power,… Hb. 1:3
*G5342- phero- bear up, preserve, bring
forth
yet for us there is one God, the Father,
from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ,
through whom are all things and through whom we exist. 1Cr. 8:6 ESV
*an estimate made by engineers at Washington University
There are 100 trillion atoms in each cell.
(This makes 3.72
octillion atoms in the average body. short scale or N. American)
*www.smithsonianmag.com:
How did these researchers come up with
37.2 trillion? They actually broke down the number of cells by organs and cell
types, going through the literature available to come up with a detailed list
of volumes and densities in everything from intestines to knees. So, for
example, there are 50 billion fat cells in the average body, and 2 billion
heart muscle cells. Adding all those up, they got 37.2 million.
This is one cell:
