Developmental Biology and My Testimony

I am not a science person, by any stretch of the imagination. I barely scraped by in Bio 100 with a B- freshman year and haven't been super invested in learning about science since. My husband, on the other hand, could learn and talk about science all day.

When we first started dating, I would listen to his little science teaching sessions just to humor him. I wanted him to think that I was a good girlfriend. But recently that's changed. Phil will share lessons from his classes and I am in awe about the wonders of the human body.

One concept in particular amazed me: Gastrulation. This is when a sheet of cells start to differentiate into different layers, which then fold to become different body parts. As Phil explained to me how these cells eventually become a human baby, I was completely overcome with the Spirit. How could this be possible without an omnipotent God who controls all things? How could microscopic organisms become a living, breathing, thinking human child?

It was in that moment that I started to appreciate just how beautiful our bodies truly are. What a miraculous gift that God has given us. What a privilege to receive a body, to come to earth, and become more like our perfectly loving, eternal Father. How grateful I am to my God for His creations and majestic power, working in all aspects of our lives.