I was never a real fan of biology while in college. High school was no different, either. (Although the whole frog dissection thing was kinda cool!)

I just never got around to understanding why I needed to take the course. I had no plans of ever becoming a doctor, and after shuffling through a few majors and landing finally on religion, I just knew I had gotten rid of the whole biology thing once and for all. Boy, was I wrong.

Last winter, I was blessed with some tickets to the How Great Is Our God (concert) Tour, which featured Chris Tomlin and Matt Redman (some of my all-time favorites). Had some pretty good seats that night too; Louie Giglio, the concert's main producer and founder of Passion Conferences, came by during the concert to greet me and my friends. Good seats!

I was having a pretty great night, singing and raising my hands to some of my favorite songs, when all of a sudden, Louie took to the stage... and completely ruined things for me.

He began to talk about the greatness of God, and how His presence is known throughout all of creation. The sun. The stars. The earth. They all reflect His magnificent power and glory. I was just fine with all that. But then he went further.

He went on to discuss how he was speaking with a friend or colleague, not to sure if he was a college student or not, but they were discussing this cell adhesion protein that every living creature (including humans) share called laminin.

Laminin, as Louie pointed out, is one of the most important molecules in the human body; it is responsible for insuring that all of our overall body structures are held together. If the laminin in our body is not functioning, we are literally unable to move any of our muscles or the fibers connected to our brain. Laminin is made up of cell membranes that connect through integrin receptors, such as the dystroglycan glycoprotein complex... Boring!!!

And why did I need to know all this? What's with the biology lesson?

Before I could stand up and walk to the restroom to give my brain a much needed breather, Louie put this image on the screen:

All of a sudden, biology wasn't so boring.

Isn't amazing to know that The Cross of Jesus Christ is not only the place where our sins were forgiven, but it is in fact "a cross" that sustains our daily lives! Our ability to move, think, speak, or even see is somehow miraculously connected and wired with His imprint.

His suffering is our joy. His pain is our freedom. The cross he bore enables us today. Although professors and scientists continue to try to discredit Him, we can stand firm on God's original and irrefutable periodic table, found in Colossians 1:16-17: "For by Him all things were created in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him."

And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

Thank you God for The Cross!