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Tuesday, December 20, 2005


"The Wonder of Life"

"For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well" (Psalm 139:13,14).

My life began as a separate single cell about 52 years ago. During the next nine months as I grew in my mother's womb nothing new was added but oxygen and nutrition. My entire genetic makeup was contained in that single cell. Thankfully for me and my parents who loved me this process was not interrupted and after nine months of being "knit together" inside my mother I was born. I have never existed before and there will never be another me.

By the time I was born this one single cell became two hundred million cells and at birth I weighed six billion times more than the fertilized egg.  At this rate of growth by my first birthday I would have weighed 72,000,000,000 pounds. (That would have been an extremely "heavy" burden for my Mom.)

I was prompted to ponder and research this topic last Sunday when I was listening to our Sunday School teacher share about the wonders of Christ's birth. Biologically the unique component to Christ's human beginning was His conception. His humanity also began as a single divinely fertilized cell in Mary's womb and His further physical growth and development was similar to each of ours. Though the prophets foretold of the coming Messiah hundreds of years earlier, at God's appointed time Mary gave birth to her newborn Son; the Son of man.

This week and always let us marvel at the wonder of life and especially the miraculous conception, development and birth of our Lord Jesus Christ. "In Him was life, and that life was the light of men" (John 1:4).


Be encouraged today,


Stephen C. Weber

Brooksyne's prayer: Jesus, in Your human birth, You became the very character and expression of God in human form.  How marvelous Your works are displayed in the miracle of human birth and how utterly amazing Your works are displayed in the miracle of our second birth.  You are the light of the world dispelling the darkness that would otherwise overwhelm us.  You promised your followers that as long as we follow You we will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life.  May Your light be reflected through our lives to the darkened world around us. 

PS: What I write concerning our beginning is of course true for each of us. This information was based from this and other informative websites. I calculate based on this information that the initial fertilized cell from whence I developed weighed around .0000000015 pounds.

 

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Personal Mission Statement: "I am created by God to bring Him glory. Through God's Son Jesus Christ I have been redeemed and I make it my life's goal to please the Lord. My mission in life is to honor God through my faith and obedience and to prepare myself and all whom I may influence for eternity."

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