The Scouting Adventure

Last night I had fun helping to chaperon Max's Scout troop to the library. THE LIBRARY. I was thinking we'd see some cool stuff - like books.....you know typical library stuff. Well, it was a different kind of Library. This was the Lister Hill Library of Health Sciences. There was a reason the Scout Master thought the boys would enjoy this. It was full of medical specimens, antique tools, waxed models of the most gross things ever.....and Max thought it was totally cool. They loved it. I had to laugh a bit.

But seriously, as we walked through the unique things held within that library, I was constantly drawn to the stained glass window that was in the foyer. It was a beautiful stained glass picture from the mid 1800's that depicted the story of the woman in the Bible who knew if she could only touch the hem of Jesus's garment, she would be healed from her 'bleeding' disease. Appropriately enough - this window graced the foyer of the first women's clinic in New York city from the mid 1850's until the 1960's when it was brought to UAB by a doctor who had visited that clinic in New York and fell in love with the glass work.



In between the grotesque models, the livers and kidney specimens that held cancerous tumors.....there was beauty. And a reminder that he holds the power over all illness and oddity. He is God and he chooses to heal, or provide ultimate healing by taking us home. He allows things to happen at times for a greater good....that we have a hardtime finding, but we know, we never leave the palm of his hand. Wow...he is a big, big God.

Some of the gross things that were in the glass dishes at the library.

More specimens...

I love that Christian doctors get to enjoy the amazing gift of understanding the human body with the understanding that our great God created each of us differently. He created the human body and all the organs inside to work like a machine.....sometimes perfect...sometimes needing help. Just cool to think about.

Well, Max had fun and he is truly enjoying Boy Scouts. He's a Weeblo now. I am proud of him. I've always enjoyed Boyscouts. I remember when Nick and Scout were in Scouting. I always felt that they learned great stuff...real life stuff that would help them as they grow up. Last night....Max learned that going to the library can be really cool. Especially when you get to see gross organs that have been pickled and wax figures of gout, smallpox and whatever was wrong with the head that captured the boys attention!

You can see Max pointing here.....

He wanted the group shot too!


I thought this was funny.......click on the picture to see a larger text.

But wrapping up everything from last night........it all comes down to this for me;

And suddenly a woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years came from behind and touched the hem of His garment; for she said to herself, “If only I may touch His garment, I shall be made whole.” But Jesus turned around, and when He saw her He said, “Be of good cheer, daughter; your faith has made you whole.” And the woman was made well from that hour. (Matthew 9:20-22)