Brain Tease

MaMa Health has complied these interesting facts about the human brain:

* The brain uses 20% of your body's energy but contains only 2% of your body weight.
* Your brain is the size of a cantaloupe and is wrinkled like a walnut.
* Your cerebral cortex grows thicker as you use your brain.
* While awake, your brain generates 25 watts of power, enough to light your fridge.
* Your brain contains 1 billion neutrons, 16 times the number of the earth's population.
* Feeling brain fatigue? Jump start your brain by eating a cooked potato!

Researchers are not in agreement as to how well we use our brains. Some say that we use about 2% of our brain capacity, others insist that 10% is more accurate. Be different...use 50% this week and stun your boss!

Do you ever wonder how people could have such brain power and lack 'smarts'? New York City Schools did a study that revealed that student IQ scores increased dramatically when kids DID NOT eat from the school cafeteria! Yes, they changed the menu big time after those brain facts were released. You can change your diet and even exercise your brain intentionally to improve your intellect...and still be dumb as a rock!

"Look, I have grown and increased in wisdom more than anyone who has ruled over Jerusalem before me; I have experienced much of wisdom and knowledge." Ecclesiastes 1:16

A 'dummy' did not make this self appraisal. He pursued knowledge of every sort, from every corner of the earth and from every book he could get his hands on. He hung out with the professors and listened to the philosophers and took notes along the way. He mastered literature, science and the arts and made this conclusion:

"I learned that all of this is chasing after the wind." Ecclesiastes 1:17

What a bust! This incomparable king determined that the sum of human intellect could not fathom the mysteries of life, and that real discernment for life had its source in God. Read the rest of his Book and you will 'learn' firsthand his conclusions that led him beyond himself.

Maybe one of the reasons God has created humans with such brain complexity and capacity is to tease us toward Him.

Just a 'thought' to think on.