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The Voice of Pelham, July 3 2019
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FAITH LIFT
CROSSWORD
by PASTOR ROB WEATHERBY
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Your incredible body
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O YOU REALIZE what an incredible body you have? Now your first reaction might be, “You must be thinking about somebody else’s body but surely not mine!” But actually I am thinking about your body. With the help of medical specialists, let’s take a closer look at it. ■ Your heart: It beats more than 100,000 times every day in order to pump about 2000 gallons of blood through your body. It’s at work right now. ■ Your lungs: They breathe about 17,000 times every day, putting oxygen in (and taking carbon dioxide out of) your body. They’re at work right now. ■ Your red blood cells: They go through your body about once every minute (that’s over 1400 trips per day) delivering oxygen to your cells. They too are at work right now. ■ Your brain: It processes 50-60,000 thoughts every day (that’s about 35-50 every minute). It also expresses about 2000-5000 words every day (2000 for men; 5000 for women). No further comment necessary or advisable! It’s at work right now. ■ Your stomach: It produces an alkaline substance every few milliseconds to neutralize stomach acid. If it stopped, your stomach would digest itself because some of the acids in it are strong enough to dissolve metal! It too is at work right now. ■ Your eyes: They blink almost 29,000 times every day to keep themselves clean and moist. They are busily at work right now. ■ Your skin: It is your biggest organ (surface area of 2 square metres) and sheds more than 1 million cells every day which are then instantly replaced. It’s at work right now. ■ Your hair: The average head has about 100,000 hairs (bald people much fewer!) with each hair growing about ½ millimeter every day. Put altogether, that’s 50 metres of hair growth every day! It’s at work right now. ■ Your liver: It produces cholesterol, Vitamin D and blood plasma. It also filters 1½ litres of blood every minute and produces almost 1 litre of bile (stomach acid) every day. It’s at work right
Leonardo Da Vinci's "Vitruvian Man," ca. 1490, depicting ideal proportions as described by the Roman architect Vitruvius. LUC VIATOUR PHOTO now ■ Your mouth glands: They produce 1½ litres of saliva every day so your mouth doesn’t dry up and become overrun with bacteria. Thankfully, they’re at work right now. ■ Your kidneys: They are each the size of your fist and contain 1 million tiny filters that clean over 1 litre of blood every minute (that’s over 1800 litres every day). They’re at work right now. ■ Your body cells: They number over 37 trillion and are constantly replacing themselves. You get a new set of tastebuds every 10 days, new nails every 6-10 months, new bones every 10 years and a new heart every 20 years! And they’re all at work right now.
Some people today would have us believe that these incredible bodies of ours are the accidental result of unguided chance and random mutations over a long period of time. I strongly disagree. All of this fascinating evidence shouts out to us (if we’re listening) that there is an incredibly intelligent Designer and Creator behind it all. The psalmist David said it best, “I praise You because I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful, I know that full well.” (Psalm 139:14). All I can add to that is… Amen! ♦ Pastor Rob Weatherby is semi-retired, a member of Fonthill Baptist Church.
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