I used to love watching The Six Million Dollar man.
In the 70's you either watched that or Starsky and Hutch.
I was the nerd guy who watched a show about a man who was half machine but still moved incredibly slowly. All the scenes where the hero, Steve Austin uses his super bionic abilities were filmed in super slow motion. It was cool back then, but I do not have the patience to watch it anymore. It's like going back to dial-up after you are used to DSL!
Steve had bionic limbs installed after a horrible accident left him maimed and barely alive. He lost both legs and one arm. He also lost the sight in one eye. Modern medical technology was used to make him better, stronger and faster!
I saw this article the other day about real life bionics. It seems there is a Canadian man making some cool discoveries about how the brain can actually control mechanical prosthetics. Here's a quote from the article...
Nerves are like your body's "communication highway," sending messages to your muscles in the form of electrical signals and relaying information from the environment back to your brain. After an amputation, he says, nerves in the residual limb are "scarred" but remain active and continue to transmit signals intended for severed muscles.
Did you catch that? Even though a piece of your body is MISSING, the nerves still send messages from your brain to that area! He's trying to harness those impulses to control a robotic limb, giving the person back the power to have an almost normal life!
Fascinating!
OK, so here's my deep spiritual thought out of all this.
In the bible we read that God considers the church (believers) as a body. Just like a body, you have a head. That's Jesus according to the scriptures. So follow me here...
If there is a piece missing from the body, does the body adapt? Yes, but it's not the same. Consider the fact that the brain is still sending impulses to the missing parts!
Lets use another analogy. The body of believers is also a FAMILY. I believe all mankind are created in the image of God and because of that, are part of His family simply because they were made to be that. Not everyone believes in God, but that does not change the fact that they were intended to be part of the family and are welcome to enjoy being part of the clan anytime they decide they want to!
The folks who have yet to join or have left the family for some reason, are still getting signals from the head! There is still a place for you! The body can adapt to being without you, but you still are a necessary part of the bigger picture! God does not give up on you ever! Those impulses are going to get sent your way forever! Why? That's how the body is set up! Good News!
We are better, stronger and faster when we are all working together!
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