Liver & Onions: A Lesson in Anatomy

One word comes to mind when I think of Liver & Onions.

YUCK.

Of course, I really can't say that with any sort of legitimacy because I have never actually tried Liver & Onions. Maybe it is like Green Eggs & Ham and that is all I would ever want to eat after trying it...But I digress.

Let me help you understand my reasoning for the emphatic statement above. The Liver is an incredible organ. It filters three pints of blood every minute for detoxification, aids in the digestion process by producing the necessary biochemicals, helps with protein metabolism, hormone production, and the storage of glycogen.

You know what else? You can't live without it. There is NO substitute for your liver.

That being said, can you still tell me that eating something thats main purpose is the filtration of toxins and waste out of your bloodstream is really that appetizing? I didn't think so.

Well, in my attempt at making this entrée a bit more appealing, I needed to find out what the liver does with this filtered waste. After all, people actually eat this stuff, so it can't stay in there, can it??

This is what I found: The Liver filters the waste and uses it to create a very important alkaline substance that is essential to digestion. You ready for this?

Drumroll, please...

Bile. Yep, bile. Yum. Can you believe that God created our livers to turn our waste into something useful?? That a grotesque substance of filtered waste and toxins could actually HELP our body??

**As I marveled at this newfound information, I began pondering the bile that I create outside of my body. Usually its in the form of messed up conversations with others about my faith. The problem I've run into is this: I am wretched at talking. Writing I can handle, but talking? That's another story.

I can never get my words to come out the way I want them to, I never feel like I say the right things....it's a mess. Thankfully, though, God is a lot like our liver. He can take those messed up words and still use them to get His point across - if the person has a willing and open heart. Even if I feel like all it is is waste.

So does this mean God is a Trash Compactor and Recycle Bin all in one?

"The words of the godly are like a life-giving fountain..." ~ Proverbs 10:11a

**This is not permission to introduce mass quantities of toxins into your system just to give your liver a workout. Nice try, though.