muscles, tissues and bones, oh CRAZIES!

I have to say, even though this is by FAR the hardest semester of my college career, the Lord continues to teach me to trust in Him. God is seriously so freaking gracious.

I'm taking this one class called Speech Science, and it's basically an anatomy class for the upper body (basically all the body parts having to do with speech, etc.). So for the first unit, we're learning a lot of the basic structures of the body like muscles, bones, tissues, systems, etc. etc., and I can't help but sit there and be amazed in my studies or in class at how intricate our human body is, and those body parts are doing what we don't normally consciously think of. It just naturally does it's thing. All of the parts in the body are working and functioning to it's purpose in order to keep the body functioning so that we can live life.

Dang. Who in the world would could've thought of this but God? No human being is able to replicate such complexity! The Lord has created us in love, providing and designing everything we need in order to glorify Him. What a powerful yet loving God!

Surely this kind of God is able to do the impossible, the most impossible being salvation. I think often times, for myself, I tend to have a small view of God. Because of this small view of God, I tend to put my confidence in my flesh, thinking that I myself am supposed to be doing something to gain some kind of growth or reward or something to that effect. How foolish was I to think that I have any power of sorts apart from God to do anything for my gain! Surely the God who created body parts to function together for His glory, can save sinners by giving up His Son and work all things to work together for the good of those called according to His purpose!

Praise God, I thought this semester was just going to be a huge burden on my shoulders. Turns out that not only is it going to be a huge burden, but also a huge blessing from God. And because of that, it's turning into a burden that I am most willing to bear because I know it will spur me on to further conformity to the image of Christ.

Thank you Lord! May this semester be one that seeks to honor You and love You in everything.