Holy Shit

It is totally appropriate and good to give thanks for every working system and organ in the body, for when one system or organ begins to fail, the whole body begins to die.  A moment of real conversion for me early in life was in studying the excretory system of a frog when I was in college. 

I was alone in the lab on a Friday afternoon; the floor-to-ceiling windows opened to a gorgeous spring day in New Orleans, with a breeze blowing through the lab.  As I cut open the frog and began to trace the excretory system, I realized how perfectly the body functions to filter out non-nutrients and toxins and to store them without any thought on our part.  Finally, at the end of the process our conscious mind assumes control, and the poisons are expelled. 

At that moment, I was overcome with awe and appreciation of the intricate design of the human body, and I wanted to worship its Designer and Creator.

Often since then I have laughed at God's sense of humor in using the excretory system as a way to make me see and worship Him.  But someone has to see the beauty and design and be a voice of praise and thanksgiving for that system too, for if it fails to work as it should, the whole body fails.