Last evening, David and I started watching a National Geographic special that Amy, an also-pregnant-friend, shared with us on DVD. Called In the Womb, it shows the amazing development of a baby girl from fertilization through birth through the use of all kinds of special internal cameras. We watched through the twelve week development (which is what I am approaching right now) before we had to turn it off and get ready for bed.
As we watched it, we marveled aloud to each other over and over again how incredible the entire process is in the creation of another human being. The specific details and intricacies of making a baby are beyond description really. For example, when the sperm enters the egg, the surface of the egg instantly changes to make it impossible for another sperm to enter. The incredible attention to detail that God has put into every single chromosome, DNA strand, sperm, egg, etc. shows just a fraction of His immeasurable wisdom, knowledge and creativity.
Or consider the fact that this little baby girl who was still only twelve weeks in the womb was already making the eggs she would someday need to have her own children. My husband and I were actually talking about this fact the day before we watched the DVD, marveling about the fact that, in a sense, we have both been around since the 1940’s when our mothers were in the womb. Amazing!
But as much as I am amazed and awed by what I see in this DVD, those words do not fully describe the greatest emotion that I feel. I feel humbled. I am humbled that I, a gal from the Midwest who never finished her Masters degree, can see and understand what so many of these profoundly intelligent men and women of science cannot. I am humbled by the fact that although these scientists can unravel so many of these mysteries of God and God gives them the ability to learn these things and share them with me, they completely miss the biggest truths with which they are dealing.
The truth of the matter is that although they can see the science of it all, they cannot see the marvelous work of the Creator. It is right before them, but they are blind to it. And that humbles me, because if it were not for the work of God’s grace in my life, I would be just as blind as they.
As a Christian it is so obvious to me what I am looking at when I watch that DVD and it makes my heart soar to see a God who is so incredibly awesome in each detail of that baby’s development. But it humbles me and reduces me to tears because if it were not for God’s grace, I would watch that DVD with the same blinded eyes of so many around me.
Amazing grace, how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me;
I once was lost, but now am found
Was blind but now I see.
This day, I am giving thanks over and over again for the beauty of God’s grace in my life. For without that grace, there would be no true and lasting beauty in my life at all.
That is so, so true, Sallie. I can add that as a research scientist who works on the “invisible to the naked eye stuff”, beneath even what you saw on the surface of the creation of life (which is amazing in itself) are thousands if not millions of complicated biochemical processes that all come together to make life happen everyday. These processes are amazingly “knitted together”.
And yet when I was first introduced to this stuff in college, I was blind and lost. But now “I see” and am so humbled by the Creator in all his glory. Thank you for reminding me of how awesome that truly is!
And now, Sallie and David, you must watch March of the Penguins! We were, once again, awed at so great a God who has a purpose and a plan for such odd creatures and at the amazing parenting these penguins exhibit, even better than some parents I know! It is another testimony to God’s awesome plan for all his creatures. And the mommy in you will love the baby penguins!
Amen! It is only by His grace that we can see!
God is awesome.
I also agree about the penguins, we enjoyed it.
Here’s a link showing our David in the womb and after. (scroll down to bottom) I don’t understand how God does it, either! It amazes me everytime I think about it.
https://www.thephonicspage.org/Other/aboutus.html
How cool Sallie! What a privilege for us to get to actually see what happens in the secret place…a child being knitted together by God.
Thanks for doing the carnival! I may take a turn hosting one of these days, but with our move and settling into a new routine, I can’t commit to it yet for sure.
Christie
Amen, Sallie. It is so amazing how God has put together the human body :smile:.
I am with you singing “Amazing Grace”.
As always, thank you for initiating this carnival. I always enjoy it.
Creation is truly amazing. Thanks for sharing. – Donna
Ladies – You are all very welcome. Believe me, it was my pleasure to write it. 🙂
Karen – Thank you for the reminder about the movie! We have wanted to see that and I finally added it to our Netflix queue – at the top!