Computers and Bodies

Okay, can I just say that yes, I know computers are wonderful tools but when they don't work - it is SO frustrating! I've been trying to load pictures onto this website for ages now and it's still not working and I can't figure out why not. Enough venting

We've been studying gastroenterology these last few weeks. It's okay but definitely not my favorite. It is pretty amazing to realize that our entire large colon basically "resurfaces" itself every 4-7 days. One of the things I'm learning about our bodies is that they are continually renewing themselves. Our red blood cells live approximately 120 days and then we get new ones. Essentially, from the blood cells point of view, we're a new person every 3 months and from the colons point of view - it's every week! Not that I'm interested in looking at things from the colon's point of view but it does frequently amaze me that our bodies work as well as they do.

Often, I think of our bodies as comparable to a computer. They are wonderful when they work - but it's so easy to take them for granted and then all of a sudden, something doesn't work right and it totally changes our perspective. For instance, my shoulder has been bothering me for about a month. Somedays, it's totaly fine - other days, it aches all day. It's amazing how one little point of achiness can make it so difficult to do every day tasks - put on a coat, sit at my desk, concentrate on a lecture, brush my hair, by the end of the day, I'm tired from just doing normal things.

The same thing can happen with the computer. I've been wanting to share pictures with you all and I can't! The camera works, the software to upload the pictures from the camera to the computer works, but getting the pictures from my computer to the internet some how doesn't work. One form of our communication is blocked!

Our relationships with God are the same way - maybe we go to church, we visit people, we have a quiet time, we pray, but there's one area of our lives that we just can't seem to change no matter how hard we try. It can effect our whole relationship with God - how we view Him, how we communicate and relate to Him. I know growing up I heard all over the place, "don't sweat the small stuff" or thoughts to that effect. I'm beginning to wonder - is that God's feeling? I don't see Him saying that in His word - a look can be as bad as adultry, anger as bad as murder. It seems it's the little things that grow to become big things - how much easier they are to stop when they're small. A polyp in your colon is usually no big deal - it's when it's allowed to grow and become a big thing (i.e. cancer) that the problem occurs. How much easier to snip the growth out when it's a small polyp.

Well, my mind is kind of a strange conglomeration of things today. I don't know if this makes any sense. But as we grow and learn about God together, I hope you can glean something from my thoughts. Let me know what you think - what your ideas are.
Blessings,
Peggy