Creation. The whole thing. I believe it is, well, created. Something, I call God, or Lord, created it. Me, you, birds, cows, if it exists, it was created. Stones, mountains, planets, and suns, galaxies, you name it, it is created. One reason I believe this, is that it is all too mathematically precise and complex to be an accident. Another reason, is the probability of it all being an accident. The actual probability of an accident causing a fully functioning city to appear is basically nill, and this is the same probability that a fully functioning single cell organism would accidentally appear. If it is beyond probability that such an accident can happen, then every other form of life and everything larger than a single celled organism either must not exist, or must have been put here on purpose by something that can do such things.
I believe it was all put where it is by God.
You don't have to agree, I just wanted to share that with you.
Praise:
Sunshine. Clouds. April (my wife). My in-laws. Food. Books. My family. Roger came.
Prayer:
Job/Career. Growth in every area of life. Forgiveness. (?Moreż)Direction from God. Roger's home. Roger's alright. Everyones' alright. Everything will be set right. Everyone will do what they can to set everything right.
Second part
It seems natural to want to "break" laws we often have some unfortunate reason to dislike. One of the best examples is the law of gravity. Many want to simply discard it whenever they find themselves falling endlessly through the air because of some accident or incident which they obviously were not prepared for, and sometimes this is because they really thought they were preparing for it before it happened, like jumping out of a perfectly safe airplane to find your parachute rip-cord is broken. Then the emergency cord is broken. You thought you were fully prepared to fall out of a perfectly safe airplane and plummet to the ground, but now you realize you weren't. In such cases, it seems natural to wish gravity would just ignore you for the moment. But then there are people who decide that 1 + 2 = 3 is not what they want. It is natural, yes, but the laws of nature must be there to break or something like that is their reasoning I imagine. So they try 1 + 1 = 0 for some fun. I find the whole thing utterly sickening when I am forced to think about it, and unfortunately, I am being forced to think about it increasingly. For those who do want 1 + 1 = 0 instead of 1 + 2 = 3 then please find a high cliff and try to get gravity to ignore you as much as you want nature's other law to ignore you.
Naturally, you don't have to agree, I just wanted to share that with you.
Praise:
Music. Bible. Movies. Internet. Pizza.
Prayers:
People who want to break natural laws (like gravity). Freedom. Justice. Christ's Return!
Third part
That last part, I was somewhat upset, and irritated. Usually that is mostly my fault; to make things worse. I didn't mean that any invention that allows men to fly, and any activity which temporarily counters gravity is totally most definitely unreasonable. But I have only recently realized that gravity serves a most useful purpose throughout our lives and has been placed there by God for great reasons, which though that may cause moments of discomfort, it is of eternal value and temporal value. But perhaps there is a limit to how far away from gravity's grasp upon us and beneficial "force field" which we should be wary to fantisize about leaving, especially permamently. This will definitely be reflected in future short stories and probably any longer ones if I ever finish the long one I'm working on again and start another long one.
Disclaimer: You don't have to agree, I just wanted to share that with you.
Praise:
New friends. Rain. Games. Beef Jerky.
Prayers:
James and family. Eric and family. Jeff. Russ and family. Cast(s) of Star Trek. Cast(s) of Star Wars. Everyone else related to them somehow.
Fourth part
How much are you worth?
I have heard and read that those who mean the most to you, are often given the most by you, or something to that extent. For instance, one story relates the tradition of men giving their father-in-law an acceptable number of cattle. The more the man loved his wife, the more cattle he'd give his father-in-law. One man married a wife who most people didn't find particularly attractive. For her, he offered the father-in-law more cattle than anyone had ever offered. It was shocking, but over the years, she grew more beautiful than any other woman around, simply because she believed, and was, very loved. If you knew that you were greatly loved, would that inspire you to greatness? If you knew someone was willing to give all they had, and would rather die than live without you, what kind of love would that inspire you to give them in return?
I believe the Creator loves each of us so much, He became human himself; and died in our place, so we could each gain eternal life with Him, and so we could each be made as pure and holy as He is; which is as pure and holy as He wants us to become. I believe this, and I believe, because I believe it, I am being made more beautiful at least in mind or spirit, and perhaps in body as well.
I believe it is true, but you don't have to. Although, I bet if everyone thought that God loved each and every one of us, all of creation, enough that He'd rather die than be without us, we'd all be more like Him. We'd love more.
Disclaimer: You don't have to agree, I just wanted to share that with you.
Praise:
Soft drinks. Eggs. French Toast. Chronicles of Narnia. Picnics.
Prayer:
Pete & his leg. VBS. God's Glory for all eternity, in all the universe(s).
Fifth part
Automation and Free Will.
How much of the universe can run itself for millenia without direct interaction from God? If I was to create my own little universe, I'd have lots of things that could handle themselves, big things, really small things. From the basic building blocks to the grandest machinery that allowed massive complexity in wonderful beauty. Automate as much of it as possible, so I didn't have to constantly maintain it. The reason, is because amid all this, I'd spend much more time creating my own little peoples. Beings similar to myself. If they were proportionally very tiny in the 'big machinery' then it would be possible even if they all turned against me, and swore to destroy it all, they'd only ruin their tiny little dot of it, and self-destruct. If that happened, I'd just try again on that same tiny little dot, since chances are most of everything else continued on unhindered. Most important to me would be letting them do what they want to do, with only suggestions for improvement, if they will listen, while knowing that in the end only those who truly learn and became very deep into my designs and plans could truly present a real problem. I know the chaos theory and all that suggests butterflies can cause thunderstorms but what isn't mentioned is that the actual probability of that happening would require an Act of God to actually allow it to happen. Most of the time the tiny flutter of the butterfly's wings create a tiny ripple that is lost in mightier winds that are but a gentle breeze to us. The system that wind patterns and storms are all part of involve many factors, and one tiny change may often cause very little change in the major program. But the catch is that many many little changes could in time become a serious problem. Or bigger changes in larger groups could cause catastrophe.
Anyways, in summary, I find it incredibly wise that out of all creation we only know of our own one planet that contains beings with a free will that could work against whatever plans and designs the whole universe was created behind. This is wise because in short, we can hardly effect our planet for the long term, and I personally doubt we could knock our whole solar system out of whack, and how many centuries that may take I could never guess safely. But of our own lives, on our own little dot in the massive immense galaxy; we could ruin completely. But the rest of the galaxy would still spin, and all the other galaxies in the universe would still spin and rotate that hidden center of the universe we could guess exists, but can't point it out. Nothing on such scale would miss us, any more than a human would feel one tiny electron bounce off them, or notice if one tiny electron were to fall out of the air around us to the ground (or through it). God has seen to it that most of the universe can run itself with or without us, and perhaps even Himself. If He doesn't have to continuously maintain and control galaxies and galaxies of star systems, stars and infinite trillions of atoms, then it is possible that indeed as man often imagines or dreams, He spends a lot of time watching us and taking an interest in personally interacting and helping us draw closer to Him, in love and respect. And what created thing would want its Creator to spend time doing anything else?
In closing, remember this is something I want to share with you. You don't have to agree or believe it.
Praise:
The Lord of the Rings(esp. the book). Grape juice. York Mint Patties.
Prayers:
Night shift. Family Health. Better (and longer!) stories to write.
