Laminin and the Cross

Louis Giglio, while touring with Chris Tomlin on the “How Great Is Our God” tour, gave a speech about laminin. Laminin is the protein gene where doctors have found at least one of Boston’s mutations. We are waiting to find out how damaged Boston’s laminin gene is and the effect it will have on his functionality. Giglio’s goal on the tour was to give the hearers of his message “the confidence that [God] is able to hold onto us and hold us together no matter what circumstances come our way in this lifetime.” Giglio’s point about laminin was its shape – the cross. Giglio suggested that when we peek into the micro-biology and building blocks of life we find that we are held together by a cross shape glycoprotein matrix. The rebar of the human body is in the shape of a cross. He jumps to Colossians 1:15-20 where Paul in discussing the supremacy of Christ says, “He is before all things, and in him all things hold together… making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.”

How great is our God that in this time of waiting for Boston to be born He draws our attention to the laminin gene – a gene in the shape of a cross – to remind us that Jesus’ sacrificial love on the cross is what truly holds us together, even when the building blocks of life break down.

For a link to Louis Giglio's sermon on youtube, click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_e4zgJXPpI4&feature=related