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Fearfully and Wonderfully: The Marvel of Bearing God's Image by Paul Brand, Philip Yancey
5.0
Is it possible to give 10***?? Completely humbling. Completely convicting. This undelible TREASURE of a book will not only leave you in utter awe and wonderment at the miraculous complexities of the human body, but you will marvel at a man who dedicated his life to the healing of the most undesirable lepers on earth. Dr. Brand studied these outcasts and loved them thoroughly, finding renowned medical breakthroughs that would restore their hands and feet, and ultimately their souls. He considered it an honor to work with them, and he was eternally grateful at the opportunity to serve the people that society ashamedly shuns. That journey through his life was unbelievably fascinating, but it pales in comparison to the sojourn he takes you on as he describes the miracle of the human body that only God could create.
From the cells to the eyes, ears, skin, heart, lungs, bones, blood, kidneys, hormones, and brain...from the senses of taste, touch, smell, sight, and sound...to the gift of pain and the body in motion - each is described so meticulously perfect that you almost disbelieve how all the systems can work so perfectly together. Yet, you know they do simply because you experience your own human body every day.
And then, as if this wasn't inspiring enough, he then - through the help of Philip Yancey as his co-author who traveled with Dr. Brand for 10 years - compared each system to the body of Christ, each with its own purpose and function, none being more important than another since all are crucial to the homeostasis of life.
This is bar none one of the best books I have ever read as it put my life in perspective against the people our world considered worthless and disgusting. I had never considered all the intricacies of each part and parcel of our body and how each was designed for a specific, critical purpose just as we have all been made for a specific purpose in the body of Christ. I had to confront my own biases and prejudices thanks to Brand's convicting life on my own, and this book has made me a richer, humbler, and better person towards my fellow humans. I cannot recommend this book highly enough as it will literally change your life, and that is not hyperbole. That is truth.
From the cells to the eyes, ears, skin, heart, lungs, bones, blood, kidneys, hormones, and brain...from the senses of taste, touch, smell, sight, and sound...to the gift of pain and the body in motion - each is described so meticulously perfect that you almost disbelieve how all the systems can work so perfectly together. Yet, you know they do simply because you experience your own human body every day.
And then, as if this wasn't inspiring enough, he then - through the help of Philip Yancey as his co-author who traveled with Dr. Brand for 10 years - compared each system to the body of Christ, each with its own purpose and function, none being more important than another since all are crucial to the homeostasis of life.
This is bar none one of the best books I have ever read as it put my life in perspective against the people our world considered worthless and disgusting. I had never considered all the intricacies of each part and parcel of our body and how each was designed for a specific, critical purpose just as we have all been made for a specific purpose in the body of Christ. I had to confront my own biases and prejudices thanks to Brand's convicting life on my own, and this book has made me a richer, humbler, and better person towards my fellow humans. I cannot recommend this book highly enough as it will literally change your life, and that is not hyperbole. That is truth.