"My uncle just passed this on
to me from a friend of his:
A couple of days ago I was
watching a DVD
sermon by Louie Giglio...and I was BLOWN AWAY! I want to share what I
learned....but I fear not being able to convey it as well as I want. I will
share anyway.
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 laminin LOOKED LIKE.
But now I do.
And I have thought about it a thousand times since (already)....
Here is what the structure of laminin looks like...AND THIS IS NOT a
'Christian portrayal' of it....if you look up laminin in any
scientific/medical piece of literature, this is what you will see..."
Now read Colossians 1:15-17:
"He is the image of the invisible God, the
firstborn of all creation. For by Him all things were created, both in the
heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or
rulers or authorities -- all things have been created through Him
and for Him.
"He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together."
[see also: skeptical Snopes review]
