“I will praise Thee; for I am fearfully [amazingly] and wonderfully made:
Nothing in the entire world compares with the human body. Birds, animals and other kinds of life have been made in a remarkable way, but nothing compares to what the Creator has given mankind. That may have been His purpose in bringing all other living things into the world before creating Adam, for He was to give Adam and his offspring the chief place in creation and arranged for the others to be already in existence beforehand.
We also read, “God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life” (Genesis 2:77And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. (Genesis 2:7)). This is an example of the Creator's wisdom, for He designed our bodies to need nourishing food. And since man was formed from the earth itself, then the plant life growing in its soil would supply the nutrients his body would require. Also, when God “breathed into his nostrils the breath of life,” He gave man a soul that would live forever, even after life on earth ended. He did not do this with any other creature.
The human body, from the soles of the feet to the hair on the head, is so extremely complex that it could only have been designed by a supreme and divine Creator. Medical research continually learns new things about the body’s wonders, but, for the most part, they cannot explain how these came about. For instance, many of these experts admit they are baffled by the performance of our eyes, and no wonder, when you consider all the eyes do for us.
It's easy to say “the eyes see things,” but it’s not so easy to say, “I know how they do it.” Actually, the eye is constantly “taking pictures,” distinguishing objects by color, shape and size. In doing this it automatically focuses immediately, whether the object is close or far away. And what happens to these pictures? They don't remain in the eye but travel to the brain, which immediately tells the various parts of the body how to react. If the eye has seen something dangerous, the brain may tell our hands to shove it out of the way or instruct our legs to run far away from it.
In addition, the brain stores these pictures in the memory. When needed, the memory will bring the pictures back to us, even many years after they were first seen. They've been “on file” all the time, although we have not been aware of it.
In the following issue we will consider more of these marvels provided by the One who has not only created us, but loves us dearly and wants us to accept His love and know Him as our Lord and Saviour.
(to be continued)
ML-03/30/2008