We Are Wonderfully Made

 November 9, 2024

Saturday

I had my gall bladder removed last week. I didn't think it would be a big deal. I told people that this surgery was like getting a tooth filled. It was not. I was very sore, had pain at least nine days later and am still very tired. Since then, I have told people that I have been made president of the "St. Peter's I'm All Talk Society." Indeed, I look like I've been in a knife fight and I lost. There are four incisions. One of some two inches while the other three are one inch each. Today has been the first day that I have felt like doing anything.

The amazing part of this is that the surgeon took out the gall bladder. He doesn't make me heal. That happens because my body naturally heals. It is made to heal unless something interferes with the healing. I still have about four more days before my post-op appointment with him, but I think he will be pleased. 

I guess I always expected to heal. I didn't think the surgery would actually make me feel that bad. I didn't even think of the healing. I should have. The truth is we heal because we were made to heal.

The Bible tells us that we are woven together in our mothers' wombs. God is the weaver. He is the One who made us to be woven. It is truly amazing when you think about it. Why would the body know where to act and put itself together in the way it does if it wasn't created to do so? Wouldn't it make more sense to have an injury result in permanent damage? There wouldn't be any surgeons then. There would just be pain and suffering.

An interesting statistic is that about two-thirds of the time we will heal on our own even if we don't go to a doctor for treatment. That doesn't mean we shouldn't go to doctors. It is just statistic that reveals how well made we are.

Life so often heals itself. It is part of the miracle of creation.

So, I am healing because God made me that way. Of course, there will be a time when God will not heal me. That will be when He calls me home. That won't be so bad either.

Psalm 139:13–14 (NASB 2020)¹³ For You created my innermost parts; You wove me in my mother’s womb. ¹⁴ I will give thanks to You, because I am awesomely and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Your works, And my soul knows it very well.