Laminin

I bought a new book today, a New York Times' best-seller titled, What's So Great About Christianity?, and authored by Dinesh D'souza. I haven't gotten very far into it, but it's a very compelling read to say the least. It matters not your beliefs or lack thereof, you should read it if you get the chance.


However, before you do anything else you need to watch this video of Louie Giglio, talking about a protein known as Laminin: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_e4zgJXPpI4

I'll be honest with you, I couldn't get through that without some tears and shivers of just incredulous awe of God. It amazes me that we are fearfully and wonderfully made by the Creator of the vast universe we live in, and not only that, but that He has chosen to have an intense interest in each and every one of our lives. He has offered forgiveness to us when we did not, and never will, deserve it; He has given us new mercies every morning, just as we complain and whine about the day before it even starts; and His son Jesus holds everything in this universe, including our own bodies, together in Himself. He wants to have a relationship with you personally. He loves every single part of you and me, the ugly and disdainful and the rotten, so much so that He offers unconditional free pardon, amnesty, and redemption to us. All He asks of us is a simple belief that His death and subsequent resurrection is all that we need to spend eternity in the Kingdom of Heaven. That's all. No turning your life around first, no going to the priest or pastor to ask forgiveness, no favorable balance of right and wrong in your life. None of that is required. Only a true belief in a Person and what He did. I can tell you my life since i made that decision has not been easy, but I now have a freedom and confidence that never was present before. I now have something to wake up for in the morning. I have deep joy. I have meaning. I am only lost when I lose myself. I am only found when I call for Him.

"He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by Him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by Him and for Him. He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. And He is the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything He might have the supremacy. For God was pleased to have all His fullness dwell in Him, and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross."

Colossians 1:15-20