What amazes me about myself and people in general, Carrie, is how we lose the ability to believe the obvious as we get older and "wiser". I'm especially thinking of intelligent design - look at the world, it's complexity, beauty, rhythm, synchronization, interdependence of life-forms. In addition, look at how protected and unique our one little planet is among all we know of the universe. We are just the right distance from the sun - a bit closer and we'd fry; a bit further and we'd freeze. It is so obvious to a child that Someone planned this and made it all to work together as a gift to us who live here.
You know how some scientists reject the intelligent design idea? They are really being two-faced because those same scientists most likely respect and agree with anthropologists and archaeologists, right? And what do the archaeologists do but as they unearth something, they determine if it is of intelligent design or just a natural occurrence. They are applying the very litmus test that their brothers in other fields pooh-pooh when looking at the whole picture. It seems to come down to a matter of the will. What do I WANT to believe? CS Lewis says this (paraphrased): Am I willing to acknowledge there's a God and with that my responsibility to Him? Or would I rather not have the mess of being obligated to my Creator and all the ramifications of that, and ignore His existence?
If we would rather not mess with a Creator, we miss the joy a child has as it experiences snow for the first time, or takes a forest walk with their parents. You've seen them, walking with wonder in their eyes. When we don't acknowledge God we miss the joy of thanking Him for our existence, of thanking Him for gifting us with such a beautiful place to dwell. It really is more blessed to give (thanks) than to just blindly receive (from "mother earth").
You say this perfectly! When I first decided to "believe" (and it was a CHOICE) the first thing I had to do was study creationism from the biblical perspective. Because that is such a stumbling block to many. I felt that if I had to toss Genesis out of the Bible, the entire collection of scripts were suspect. I found tons and tons of material supporting intelligent design and also calling into question some of the things being taught as FACT in schools. We will be saving for private school for Piper... :)
ReplyDeleteLove you dear Aunt. Hope your Sunday is blessed.
I don't know even Carrie but am so glad they are wanting Piper to go to a Christian school at least while young! Maybe cuz i'm a gramma of 5 kids 3 and under, and Piper is my dear friend Meridee's great niece -we already feel protective of her. If God provides for you to do that it will be good -from the beginning we keep putting our kids back into His hands -while still trying to do our job! I'm thinking back to my kids -they had first and second grade (for Cara) and pre-school and first grade(for Eddie) here in the US -i think it set such a loving firm foundation for their hearts as well as minds....up thru Jr. High they had that opportunity. I will pray you can save for it! Thankfully, my kids had truly met Christ by the time they were in high school when we had to put them in either boarding schools or public schools...They went to 3 different high schools...
ReplyDeletei love the name Piper!!
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