Week Two Reflective Journal
Psa 139:14(KJV) “I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.” Our God is an awesome God for He has masterfully created His masterpiece when He created man.
Who would know better how our bodies are to function than the one who made them. When God designed our bodies, He designed them and formed our inward parts (Psalm 139:13) with its’ own personal biological clock. “Our bodies roughly synchronize with the 24-hour cycle of day and night by an internal biological clock called the circadian rhythm” (Myers, 2014, p. 93). This clock when undisturbed regulates many vital psychological processes but a very important function of this clock is to tell us when our bodies need to sleep and rest. When our bodies do not get the proper amount of sleep and rest the other body parts do not function well and could have some catastrophic consequences such as increased risk of cardiovascular problems, neurological problems,
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After reading the text, I got the understanding that these two concepts have some things in common and that is they both deal with our senses and perception. “Form perception, motion perception, and perceptual constancies illuminate how we organize our visual experiences. Perceptual organization applies to our other senses, too” (p. 241).
God has also provided His people with an internal voice, His voice which speaks through His Spirit, the Holy Spirit who dwells in us to give us discernment to recognize when our bodies are talking to us and informing us of what it needs, are you listening? Tick Tock the clock is ticking and now it is time for me to get some sleep. Good