| Meditate on Just One of God's Works-DNA by Cleone H. Weigand (September-October, 2000) |
Psalms 104:24 How many are your works, O LORD! In wisdom you made them all; the earth is full of your
creatures.
It is difficult for us to comprehend how much information is packed into the DNA storage strands of living cells or
to visualize how small these strands really are. Carl Wieland, M.B., B.S., editor of Creation ex Nihilo makes an
attempt to help us with this problem in the Dec. ’98 – Feb. ’99 magazine which he edits.
To illustrate how thin a strand of DNA really is, he asks us to imagine that the metal in a pinhead is drawn into a
thin wire, so thin that it is long enough to go around the equator 33 times. That is how slender a strand of DNA
really is.
To help impress us all with the amount of information this slender filament can store we are invited to think of
1,000 books, of fine print, each containing 500 pages. This represents the amount of information stored in the
DNA in just one cell in the human genome with its 23 chromosomes.
We have just taken a little time to meditate on one of God’s creations, a strand of DNA. Now consider how many
strands such as this have been spun by our Lord in all of the history of his creation. Then add to that all the
other pieces of his marvelous creation. How can anyone, with this vision, ever dream of taking away from the
Creator the glory that is his due?
May we never be found in that unthankful number for we would be without excuse. For since the creation of the
world God’s invisible qualities – his eternal power and divine nature – have been clearly seen, being understood
from what has been made, so that men are without excuse (Romans 1:20).
In addition, let us also remember that the mighty deed that brings God his greatest glory is the gift of his son as
our Savior! May our praise and glory for this gift never cease! LSI
creatures.
It is difficult for us to comprehend how much information is packed into the DNA storage strands of living cells or
to visualize how small these strands really are. Carl Wieland, M.B., B.S., editor of Creation ex Nihilo makes an
attempt to help us with this problem in the Dec. ’98 – Feb. ’99 magazine which he edits.
To illustrate how thin a strand of DNA really is, he asks us to imagine that the metal in a pinhead is drawn into a
thin wire, so thin that it is long enough to go around the equator 33 times. That is how slender a strand of DNA
really is.
To help impress us all with the amount of information this slender filament can store we are invited to think of
1,000 books, of fine print, each containing 500 pages. This represents the amount of information stored in the
DNA in just one cell in the human genome with its 23 chromosomes.
We have just taken a little time to meditate on one of God’s creations, a strand of DNA. Now consider how many
strands such as this have been spun by our Lord in all of the history of his creation. Then add to that all the
other pieces of his marvelous creation. How can anyone, with this vision, ever dream of taking away from the
Creator the glory that is his due?
May we never be found in that unthankful number for we would be without excuse. For since the creation of the
world God’s invisible qualities – his eternal power and divine nature – have been clearly seen, being understood
from what has been made, so that men are without excuse (Romans 1:20).
In addition, let us also remember that the mighty deed that brings God his greatest glory is the gift of his son as
our Savior! May our praise and glory for this gift never cease! LSI