Dear Crosswalkers,
This Sunday is Mother's Day which is always a GREAT DAY at Crosswalk Church! Of course we will have gifts for all ladies who are present, and we will celebrate some of the values that make moms so dear to our hearts, even as we continue our study of the Bible in 40 DAYS IN THE WORD (See article below).
On Mother's Day we are reminded not only of the moms and grandmothers and other influential women in our lives, but we are also reminded of the amazing gift of life itself.
This is exemplified by Alexander Tsiaras, a mathematician and visual artist, who uses special visualization software to explore the unseen human body. In a lecture at TED.com he explained how his technology has enabled him to scan the development of the fetus from conception to birth. Although we hear nothing about his faith, throughout the lecture Tsiaras refers to what he calls the "marvel" and the "miracle" of an unborn baby's development. He even uses the term "divinity." Tsiaras highlights the miracle of life with the following examples:
This is exemplified by Alexander Tsiaras, a mathematician and visual artist, who uses special visualization software to explore the unseen human body. In a lecture at TED.com he explained how his technology has enabled him to scan the development of the fetus from conception to birth. Although we hear nothing about his faith, throughout the lecture Tsiaras refers to what he calls the "marvel" and the "miracle" of an unborn baby's development. He even uses the term "divinity." Tsiaras highlights the miracle of life with the following examples:- At 25-28 days, the baby's heart, which resembles a "magnificent origami," is developing at a rate of one million cells per second.
- At 32 days the arms and hands are developing.
- Within five weeks you can start to see the heart's early atrium and ventricles. A week later the baby's heart is actually becoming mature.
- At 52 days the retina, nose, and fingers are developing.
- By the time the fetus is full-term, it has 60,000 miles of vessels inside its body—although only one mile of vessels are visible. The other 59,999 miles of vessels are quietly working to bring nutrients and dispose of waste.
- Tsiaras calls a pregnant woman's body a "walking immunological cardiovascular system that … can actually nurture and treat this child with the kind of marvel that is beyond our comprehension."
Tsiaras summarizes his talk by saying,
The complexity of these [facts about human development], the mathematic models of how these are indeed done are beyond human comprehension. Even though I am a mathematician, I look at this with marvel: How do these instruction sets not make mistakes as they build what is us? It's a mystery; it's magic; it's divinity… beyond any comprehension of any existing mathematics today.
The video of the reproductive process and development of the unborn child is absolutely stunning. The background music is gorgeous. The marvels a modern visualization technology show God's creation of each person like never before! You can view this 9:37 minute video for yourself by clicking HERE. Two minutes into his lecture the video begins, and it is best to view it "as is" rather than enlarging it to fill your screen. As you watch this video, keep in mind what how the psalmist celebrated the gift of life:
Psalm 139:13-17 (NLT) -
13 You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb.14 Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it.15 You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb.16 You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed.17 How precious are your thoughts about me, O God. They cannot be numbered!
13 You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb.14 Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it.15 You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb.16 You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed.17 How precious are your thoughts about me, O God. They cannot be numbered!
Happy Mother's Day!
Pastor John Christie
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