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God did what?
When I think about God's creation I am totally awestruck. Sometimes reality even seems surreal to me. I can remember times when I was a small child and suddenly everything and everybody around me became dream-like. It was as if nothing was real -- almost like an out of body experience.
Now I relate those experiences to the awesomeness of God's creation. If I think about it, it just doesn't seem possible. How can something come from nothing? A universe that we can see billions of light-years in every direction and still not see an end? Countless stars, galaxies and other creations beyond comprehension? How could it be? Certainly not be accident!
However, the most amazing creation is our own bodies. From my layman's perspective, the human body is the most magnificently creation that I have witnessed. What a feat of divine engineering it is to create a spark of life that grows into an adult with capabilities of creation in it's own right that are beyond comparison. Have you really thought about what a computer does?
The human body is like a container for our soul. It is fine tuned to experience, interact with and appreciate the physical realm -- earth. Are bodies are not only our earthsuits, they are truly connected with the earth. No new matter is created to makeup our bodies, it is all derived from the food we eat, or the food our mothers ate while we were still in her womb. And we continually need air, water and more food to support our bodies in all of its magnificent functions.
It is mind boggling to just think of the steps your body needs to take just to stop the blood from flowing from a cut. Not to mention sight, hearing, sensations of touch, smelling, thinking, memories, dreams, mental feelings (sadness, joy, anger) , self-awareness and body controlled functions healing, blinking, breathing --just to name of few.
All of this capability just in the human body, not to mention the rest of the creation but not only do people still believe in evolution -- it is being taught in our schools as fact! But the fact that seals the deal for me is that not just one body were created but two. Male and female. Without both the human race would have stopped with Adam. It's a far stretch of the imagination to think that one human (or any life) could develop out of nothing -- but a male and a female, fine tuned to work in harmony with each other. Yeah right!
Praise be to God --our Father --our Creator. This is Your creation from the finest, minute detail, to the furthest reaches of the cosmos. Your work is awesome --You are awesome!
Nicaragua Video
I created a short video from the footage of our Nicaragua mission trip. It is my first attempt at using Adobe Premiere Pro. The video is nothing fancy but I wanted to post it for anyone interested in checking it out. It is almost 35MB so be prepared for a big download. Let me know what you think.
The video is HERE. Enjoy!
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As of today, I have stayed committed to the Bible reading plan and caught up from my late start. It's working out so well, in fact, that I wanted to share the new reading practices I've developed.
First off, I used the blended, Bible in a Year plan. The website from the previous entries is great because I can access the plan I chose from any Internet connected computer and to see what passages I am supposed to read that day. It even highlights the current day you are on.
Then I use BibleGateway.com to display the passages I am to read. For instance, I can type 'Genesis 1-3' into the search box and only those passages will be displayed. You even type 'gen.1-3', or filter down to particular verses, like 'gen.1:1-7'.
BibleGateway.com has many other Bible search features, like having dozens of different translations that you can instantly switch between. It also has links to the footnotes in the text you are reading so you can simply click on the footnote link, read the footnote, then click back and you are right back in the flow of the scripture. This is very helpful.
After displaying the passage, I simply tap control+ a couple of times in Firefox (you are using Firefox as your browser, right?) on the keyboard and the text becomes large on the screen. I can then sit back and read the passage. Surprisingly, this has been working out very well for me. It's comfortable but not so much that it makes me sleepy. And it is very easy to read.
This is what works for me and I just wanted to share it. God bless!
Belated New Year Resolution
After a very inspiring church service tonight I have decided to make a New Year resolution after all. The Pastor had mentioned speaking to a person recently who was excited to have kept their resolution from the previous year. Their commitment was to read through the entire Bible in 2005.
I felt like if there ever was a resolution worth keeping this is it and I decided to make the same commitment myself. I am getting several days worth of a late start so I will have to spend extra time at first to catch up.
I came right home from service and did a Google search on 'bible reading plans' which, of course, returned a plethora of web pages. The first one, 'Back to the Bible', has several interesting choices for Bible reading plans, plus a lot of devotionals and other motivating spiritual information.
I have decided on the 'Blended' reading plan which gives you both the old and new testament each day. I may separate it further between morning and night. Please pray that I do not become distracted and that I will fulfill my commitment.
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