I have just about recovered from damaging my back twice in succession. Two lots of 6 weeks out of action and on constant painkillers has not been fun. These days one expects that the doctors will just be able to fix stuff, but the ‘treatment’ available was basically take painkillers and when it’s feeling well enough do some exercises to strengthen it.
So it was down to me, or at least my body to fix itself. Although I don’t think I had a slipped disc, with nothing much to do I spent some time on the internet to understand more about back problems and found that “The body’s defense mechanism can spontaneously retract, shrink, or eliminate disc herniation.” https://www.spine-health.com/blog/can-herniated-discs-heal-their-own
Just let that sink in for a moment.
If my car has a worn joint, there is no way that it can heal itself.
If a computer program has a fault there is no way it can heal itself.
There is nothing that I personally can do to cause my back to heal. It is ‘simply’ that my body has the ability to heal itself. And if you look at how our bodies heal themselves, and how our immune systems work you will be astounded by the complexity of the processes.
Now I don’t want to question the process of evolution, but it is beyond me (or I believe beyond anyone) to explain how a completely unguided or undesigned process would lead to a mechanism within the body to heal a slipped disc.
And even if that’s not a challenge enough, isn’t it astonishing that the fabric of the universe; the raw elements (Hydrogen, Carbon, Oxygen etc) can combine together to create a living organism that contains within it the power to heal itself of a slipped disc?
We take these things for granted every day and grumble when our bodies don’t function as ‘normal’. Isn’t it more appropriate to take a step back and let the wonder of what our bodies do do just sink in? And maybe to thank the creator of the universe for the amazing gift of our lives?
Have a blessed day.
Thoughts from a Minimalist Christian 