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essary, it grows; if it needs to divide and multiply, it does so.
For instance, a new-born baby’s heart is about one-six-
teenth the size of an adult’s, even though the total number of
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cells in both hearts is the same. The growth hormone, which
affects the heart cells individually during the growth process,
commands every cell to grow to the necessary extent. As the
heart grows, it turns into an adult, human heart.

Other cells, such as muscle and bone cells, divide and
multiply throughout the developmental period. Again, the
growth hormone is responsible for telling them how much

they need to divide. 31
The growth hormone’s great affect on each cell is an ex-
ceedingly great miracle. Were only some cells to follow its in-
structions, the result would be crippling. For example, if the

heart cells grew in the manner dictated by the growth hor-
mone and the ribcage’s cells refused to do so, the growing
heart would be so constricted within the non-growing ribcage

that the person would die. Or, if the bridge of the nose grew
while the skin did not, the bridge would burst through the
skin.
All of the muscles, bones, organs, and the skin grow in

harmony with one another. This flawless harmony is ensured
by each individual cell’s obeying the growth hormone. That
being the case, we need to ask how this chick-pea-sized gland

comes to know the necessary formula for a cell’s division or
growth.
At this point, the flawlessness and perfection of God’s
creation emerges once again. Cells in a tiny region bring about

the division and growth of trillions of other cells within a spe-