OUR DAILY BREAD             Sat., Aug. 5, 1995   
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READ: Genesis 1:20-27    
 
                 
                   FASHIONED BY GOD 
 
       "I will praise You, for I am fearfully     
                and wonderfully made." 
 
                        -- Psalm 139:14    
 
In the late 1970s, biophysicist Harold J. Morowitz 
of Yale University reached some startling conclusions 
about what it would cost to make a human body.  Taking 
into consideration the proteins, enzymes, RNA, DNA, 
amino acids, and other complex biochemicals that make 
up the stuff of life, Dr. Morowitz states, "Fashioning 
this chemical shopping list into human cells might  
cost six quadrillion dollars.  Assembling the resulting 
heap of cells into tissue, the tissue into organs, and 
the organs into a warm body might drain all the  
treasuries of the world, with no guarantee of success. 
 
As we think about this, we are astounded at the wisdom 
and creative power of the Lord who made us.  But we're 
even more than a physical body.  God has also given 
each of us an eternal soul that is worth more than the 
whole world!  (Mt. 16:26). 
 
God created us to have fellowship with Him forever. 
That's why when Adam and Eve sinned against their 
Creator He did not totally reject them.  He loved the 
fallen human race so much that He gave His only begotten 
Son Jesus Christ to provide a way of salvation. 
 
We stand in awe, Lord, at Your marvelous creation and 
redemption, and we give ourselves totally to You. 
 
                                -- Richard W. De Haan 
 
            In His own image God created man, 
        He formed his body from the dust of earth; 
       But more than that, to all who are in Christ 
          He gives eternal life by second birth. 
 
                                -- Hess 
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           THOUGHT FOR THE DAY 
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The Lord who made you wants you to make Him 
         the center of your life.      
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THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:  Isaiah 28-30

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