Laminin

I got a biology lesson in Sunday School today.  The teacher was talking about the wonders of the human body, and how God's glory is reflected in it.  The final punch, the culminating masterpiece, was Laminin.  I'm sure that probably is just about as earth-shaking a revelation to you as it was to me when I just heard it.  So let me give you a little bit of background.  Laminin is a protein that is instrumental to the functioning of the body.  Laminin is basically, to put it in words that are easily understood, a binding protein that is responsible for holding your body's tissues together.  It is vital to their maintenance and survival.  So ok, that's cool, but what's the big deal, right?  SOME protein has got to do that, why can't it be Laminin?  Well, the best part comes when you look at the structure of Laminin.  Here it is below, a picture of the structure of Laminin, followed by a picture of an actual strand of said protein.

Is our God not great??  He has so intricately designed His creation, and His hand and presence is visible throughout all of it - even on a microscopic level.  I love what it says about Jesus in Colossians, starting in chapter 1 verse 15 - "He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation; because by Him everything was created, in heaven and on earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities— all things have been created through Him and for Him.  He is before all things, and by Him all things hold together."  God is the One in control of my life; Jesus is the One who holds all things together - both figuratively AND literally.  What a wonderful comfort.