An MRI and God

O Lord, You have searched me and known me.
You know when I sit down and when I rise up;
You understand my thought from afar.
— Psalm 139:1-2 (NASB)

This morning was my re-scheduled MRI scan at Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy. My first one didn’t go well, due to a problem finding a vein for a cannula. I must be honest I was a bit anxious about the procedure and not initially thinking of spiritual matters. As I was rolled into the MRI my anxiety levels went through the roof, somehow I found the ability amidst the rhythmic din to pray. In the claustrophobic surroundings I found peace and something else that I wasn’t expecting.

The Spirit gave me an idea; an MRI is a deep scan that sees everthing in us, similar to Almighty God who also sees everything within us. In fact He is better than an…