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Stephen Jones Member
since 2000-02-26
Posts 53 |
The Wonders of God To many the wonders of God seem lost and locked in former ages, sealed up in antiquity and etched on brittle pages yellowed with the sands of time and weakened in their force, only to be valued as a matter of scholastic course, not having any bearing on the modern lives we lead. And so their hearts are scarcely stirred if casually perchance they read the oracles of God from prophets and from godly men or eyewitness accounts of Christ who came to die for mankind's sin. How smugly and with coldness they'll explain away each miracle saying there's no basis to believe what's not empirical, claiming that the culture of the Bible rich though it may be has given way to science and to human rationality and all the fine achievements through the triumphs of the human mind. They call it ignorance when anyone awakes and comes to find that life is so much more than just machinery gone mad. Mere atoms joined and stacked however grandly can't feel one whit sad. And joy makes little sense if there are only cogs and wheels. In such a universe there's no regard for what man's spirit feels. And if it's all a process which began with no director and we are merely here because fate pitched us in Earth's sector then fate must claim us yet, as shaken sand falls through a sieve. We feel a pulling unto death, yet keenly we desire to live. And how can we desire to live if larger life does not exist? A person one has never met or known cannot be truly missed. But still some cannot see the truth though evidence is in all things, in every grain of sand, green blade of grass, and feathered bird that sings. Yes even in the science which they laud as arbiter of all is evidence enough to cause their stance of unbelief to fall. For God built nature's patterns to the pleasing of his will. And though we think we know so much and many varied textbooks fill, the knowledge we possess is like a drop is to the vastest sea, or like the smallest tender leaf is to a mighty spreading tree. And God should win the Nobel prize in Physics. Let's be honest now. He made so many wonders that enthrall us and we wonder how. His knowledge unsurpassable makes Einstein seem a child. His intricate equations make our avante-garde look tame and mild. And yet some say the wonders of his hand are superstition. They slander and attack him, hurling words as ammunition. But God is slow to anger and his patience seems to have no end. He loves them still and so desires for them to come and be his friend. He even wants to fill their sciences with newfound knowledge, and give them higher purposes which can't be learned in college. In whatever field of expertise a man or woman works, the truth of God is woven and in every corner lurks awaiting there to capture their affection will and mind. Blessed are the ones who finally stumble look then find. To many the wonders of God seem lost and locked in former ages, something to be left to mystics, ancient men, and sages. Yet times are coming soon when men of every kind will understand, eternal are his attributes and too the wonders of his hand. SDJ 9/1999 |
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ellie LeJeune Member Elite
since 2000-01-10
Posts 4156King of Prussia, PA USA |
Stephen; WOW! You have created here a masterpiece of poetic wisdom, inspiration and teaching, all done in perfect rhyme. thank you also for your insighful response to my poem. I appreciate it very much. Keep writing, Stephen, You are so ver gifted. Ellie 02 |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
This was totally AWESOME!!!! Science has a way of explaining this away. I once heard a pastor, preacher or whoever he was, (won't mentions names), but saying instead of trying to fit the bible into science, they put the bible first and applied their science. Then in the next breath he says the earth is only 6,000 yrs old. What of the dinosaurs? They are millions of years old. Sorry, that's what came to mind when I read this. You've done an awesome work here Stephen, thank you! <*\\\>< When you can't make up your mind, Which way is right for you, Stop and softly ask yourself, "What Would Jesus Do?" |
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achicade Member
since 2000-04-02
Posts 66Marietta, GA USA |
This is truly an AWESOME piece of writing! Thank for sharing it with us!  ) |
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Stephen Jones Member
since 2000-02-26
Posts 53 |
Thankyou all for your encouragement. I wrote this with a great desire to perhaps reach the mind leaning toward secular humanist/ atheist beliefs. God is not a "fairy tale" or myth like the unicorn or sasquatch. He is the creator and his intelligence is unfathomable. I guess my desire was to also let them see that God is not anti-science. He is in fact the Supreme scientist. Only be sure he will certainly correct what Paul called in one of his letters to Timothy "Science So called" or pseudo science (such as any theory of being which excludes God) which ends up being only unbelievism disguised as science. A wolf in a lab jacket. Yet God is always reaching out to those who do not yet understand his wonders and fully comprehend his deity. He is so patient and longsuffering and kind. If I were him, I probably would in my offence have done away with unbelievers and obstinate mindsets a long time ago. But isn't it good that he "is not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance"? Anyway the bottom line is that intelligence and scientific interest is no excuse to not belive in him who created the cosmos in all of its mind boggling complexities! |
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