Posts Tagged ‘UNDERSTANDING’

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 they 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, Paul 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 breathed his first breath!!

Try to Google it… Sit back, close your eyes and think about it… AWESOME!!!

Here’s a prayer…

‘Lord, I love you and I need you, come  into my heart, and bless me, my family, my home, and my friends, in Jesus’ name.   Amen.

DAY EIGHT

LOVE—FEAR    No one, O Holy Spirit, not even You, can cite an occasion that could arise in my life here on earth that cannot be more than satisfied by your seven gifts.  My love for You, O Holy Spirit, increases as I learn to listen to Your KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING, and COUNSEL.  My love grows as I experience the FORTITUDE and PIETY You give me.

Increase in me, O Holy Spirit, Your gift of FEAR OF THE LORD so that I will love You so much I cannot offend You out of FEAR of losing You.

Thank You, O Holy Spirit, for Your infinite love.

I know Your great love for me by the mere fact You, the Father and Son, created me and gave me life.  Just as I love what I have accomplished.  You also love what You have accomplished.  IT IS GOOD.

END OF DAY EIGHT

Thank You, O Holy Spirit, for Your infinite love.

I know Your great love for me by the mere fact You, the Father and Son, created me and gave me life.  Just as I love what I have accomplished.  You also love what You have accomplished.  IT IS GOOD.

END OF DAY EIGHT

DAY FIVE

THE CREATOR, THE REDEEMER, THE SANCTIFIER      Have you ever heard of anyone who created, or claimed to have created, a soul, as your Father in heaven has done for you and millions of times over?  Have you ever heard of any creature who has paid the price for a soul in sin, and won salvation for them, as Jesus did for you and millions of others?

I am the Holy Spirit the Third Person of the Trinity.  Just as no other than the Father has the power to create, from nothing, a soul, and just as no one other than the Son has the power to pay the great price for salvation, no one other than I the Holy Spirit has the power to sanctify you.

My child, no one else can explain, teach or give to you My gift of KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING, COUNSEL, WISDOM, FORTITUDE, PIETY AND FEAR OF THE LORD.

I alone can sanctify you and make you worthy to enter Heaven.  When you accept these gifts I will reward you with peace, happiness and joy in this life as well as the next.  Give me a chance, have faith in me, ask me your questions.

Many of these questions I have put into your thoughts as a way of leading you.  Keep pondering these questions until I give you the answer.  Prove to Me your faith.  Do not give up, ask  for My gift of FORTITUDE —but never give up.  Your time has not come to know the answer to some of these questions.  I want you to prove your faith to Me.

You want to know how to recognize the Holy Spirit when I talk to you?  I am the only one who can answer this question. Never stop listening for My answer.

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