Re: OT: Awesome only OT!!!!!!!!!!!

[Guest guest]

OK - forgive me ahead of time for anyone that is jewish or of another religion

and the fact that it is not RA related, but this is really not christianity but

it speaks to all of us that believe in God or at least a higher being and with

the illnesses that we all are facing each day - this is awesome!

 

My best friend sent this to me, she works for a church in upstate

SC.............I hope I don't offend anyone by this as I respect all beliefs,

but this was too nice to not send to our group ---sometimes, we ALL need a

little uplifting....AND this is true................I sure hope I don't get

bashed for this as it really IS OFF TOPIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Love our group!!!

in SC

 

A couple of days ago I was running (I use that term very loosely) on my

treadmill, watching a DVD sermon 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 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???' 

 

 He 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 laminins.

 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 tell me that our God is not the coolest!!!  

  Amazing.  

  The glue that holds us together...ALL of us....is in the shape of the Cross.  

  Immediately Colossians 1:15-17 comes to mind.  

  'He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.  

  For by him all things were created; things in Heaven and on earth , visible

and invisible,  

  whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by

him and for him.  

  He is before all things, and in him all things HOLD TOGETHER. ' Colossians

1:15-17.  

  Call me crazy. I just think that is very, very, very cool.

 Thousands of years before the world knew anything about laminin, penned

those words. And now we see that from a very literal standpoint, we are held

together...one cell to another.....by the Cross.

   You would never in a quadrillion years convince me that is anything other

than the mark of a Creator who knew EXACTLY what laminin 'glue' would look like

long before Adam even breathed his first breath!!

  

    " Faith is not knowing what the future holds, but knowing who holds the

future. "   I wanted you to know and to understand that YOU are being held

together by the cross of Jesus Christ!  His love -  His forgiveness - and His

marvelous power! 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

LISA in SC,

I was not offended but I was Inspired!

Mousie in Calif.

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> A couple of days ago I was running (I use that term very loosely) on my

treadmill, watching a DVD sermon 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. 

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>  He 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???' 

>

>  

>  He 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 laminins.

>  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 tell me that our God is not the coolest!!!  

>   Amazing.  

>   The glue that holds us together...ALL of us....is in the shape of the Cross.

 

>   Immediately Colossians 1:15-17 comes to mind.  

>   'He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.  

>   For by him all things were created; things in Heaven and on earth , visible

and invisible,  

>   whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created

by him and for him.  

>   He is before all things, and in him all things HOLD TOGETHER. ' Colossians

1:15-17.  

>

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>   Call me crazy. I just think that is very, very, very cool.

>  Thousands of years before the world knew anything about laminin, penned

those words. And now we see that from a very literal standpoint, we are held

together...one cell to another.....by the Cross.

>    You would never in a quadrillion years convince me that is anything other

than the mark of a Creator who knew EXACTLY what laminin 'glue' would look like

long before Adam even breathed his first breath!!

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>     " Faith is not knowing what the future holds, but knowing who holds the

future. "   I wanted you to know and to understand that YOU are being held

together by the cross of Jesus Christ!  His love -  His forgiveness - and His

marvelous power! 

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