Wonderfully made

This evening we went in to visit Willemien in the hospital. She is our 86-year-old sister who continuously encourages. She is not in the hospital because she is sick really - she is getting a new knee. This is her second one. You might remember me writing about her other one a year and a half ago. Now she is getting her right knee renewed.
It amazes me how wonderfully we are made. Now you might think "Wait a minute - she needs a new knee. How wonderful can that be?" But what amazes me is that this is possible! God has made us so wonderfully that we are able to figure out how to do this. And, amazingly, those wonderfully smart doctors and engineers figured out how to make these replacement knees by looking at how the original was made. They even try to find solutions for the materials. These new knees only last 10-15 years. Just about enough for Willemien (all the women in her family have lived to be at least 90!)
Just as amazing is how God has made our bodies to respond to something like this. Willemien was operated on yesterday morning. Her leg was put in a sled to start working out while she was in the recovery room. This evening, after getting some good sleep through the day, she was laughing and in good spirits. Tomorrow she will get out of bed and start walking. By the end of the week she will be able to leave the hospital, ready to use her new knee.
Our bodies are made to renew, to heal, to grow. And this while we are actually dying a little bit every day (now that's a slightly less positive thought). But that ability shows us how wonderfully we are MADE. And it points us to our true future. I love that Willemien puts those things together. She knows her future!