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Reflections - nature, creation, life

 

I went for my usual walk this morning and was overwhelmed by God’s love. I walked through our local park and gazed upon beautiful trees, wide stretches of grass, gardens, blue sky, and fluffy clouds. The mountains were in the distance with a slight cover of snow higher up. It had been a frosty morning but now the sun was shining. How could anyone look upon this magnificent creation and say that it all happened with a big bang! That is still science’s explanation—until something different comes along. The fact is that science is not absolute. There is always another theory to replace the current theory. Scientists who subscribe to the big bang, say there was dust and debris floating around in the universe (but they can’t explain how the universe came into being or where the dust and debris came from), then it all kind of mixed together and there was a big bang (but they don’t know what caused the big bang). This big bang then caused this beautiful, amazing, intricate world? Sorry, but this sounds more of a fairy tale than God creating the world. I certainly know what I believe.

I listened this week to an interview by Bob McCoskrie of Family First New Zealand with Dr Voddie Baucham who recently died. This interview happened a few months ago and is well worth the watch. He commented on so many of the issues that are affecting our society so terribly; social justice, institutional racism, colonization, gender fluidity, and education from a very authentic Christian viewpoint. It was fascinating and I recommend it for Christians who are trying to think about all these current issues from a Christian viewpoint and how to verbalise these thoughts.

I have a busy day today and am about to head out to a Pastoral Care Council meeting at the local church I attend. May God bless your day and bring your joy.

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