"by faith we understand that the universe was formed at God's command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible." hebrews 11:3
this is one of my favorite verses--i call it my physics verse because to me it is tying together my faith and subatomic particles.
no, really--i mean it!
when i first started working on a degree in physics and a minor in biology, somebody (i don't remember who anymore, but it seems like it was somebody on some kind of discussion board...) told me that i would forget about all that dumb "christianity" (<--spell checker doesn't like that. hmm...) stuff. once i had been educated, i would see that faith was superstition and a pointless waste of time, something for the ignorant, uneducated masses.
while i'm sure that is the conclusion some people come to, it sure wasn't for me.
quite the opposite, really.
i sat/struggled/cried through a lot of physics and biology classes:
nanoscience
general physics 1 & 2
breakdown waves research
mechanics
quantum mechanics
electricity & magnetism
modern physics
electrical circuits 1 & 2
advanced physics lab
thermodynamics & statistical mechanics
zoology
anatomy
physiology
general biology
microbiology
cell biology
botany
chemistry
cancer biology
...and probably a few that i'm forgetting and that you don't really want to hear about anyways!
in all those classes, almost everyday, i was more and more
amazed.
...at the unbelievable complexity of the world around me.
...at the fact that opposites attract (not talking relationships here!).
...that the world doesn't just spin out of control and fly off through space.
...that we don't all have crazy diseases and harmful mutations.
...that chaos doesn't reign and entropy doesn't make everything fall apart.
...that people can look at these things and not know there is a Creator.
you know what's even more amazing to me?
the Creator of all this,
~the One who completely understands quantum physics and cell biology and physiology and thermodynamics,
~the Master of the Universe,
~the One who controls entropy,
~the Ruler of creation,
~the One who formed the double helix and coded DNA,
~the Controller of the stars,
~the One who knows the unknowable,
the Judge
One True God
Almighty
Consuming Fire
King of Kings
All Powerful
He loves me.
He knows everything about me.
He gave His Son for me.
He knows just how many cells are in my body, and He gave them all a job.
how awesome is that?
my classes didn't lead me to forget about that whole "God idea."
they humbled me. they showed me that the God who created the universe out of subatomic particles (what is unseen--get it? God's cool.) is the God who loves me and who lets me call Him Abba ("father" or "daddy" depending on who you ask).
i am so thankful for the small glimpse of Him that i got in those classes.
this is one of my favorite verses--i call it my physics verse because to me it is tying together my faith and subatomic particles.
no, really--i mean it!
when i first started working on a degree in physics and a minor in biology, somebody (i don't remember who anymore, but it seems like it was somebody on some kind of discussion board...) told me that i would forget about all that dumb "christianity" (<--spell checker doesn't like that. hmm...) stuff. once i had been educated, i would see that faith was superstition and a pointless waste of time, something for the ignorant, uneducated masses.
while i'm sure that is the conclusion some people come to, it sure wasn't for me.
quite the opposite, really.
i sat/struggled/cried through a lot of physics and biology classes:
nanoscience
general physics 1 & 2
breakdown waves research
mechanics
quantum mechanics
electricity & magnetism
modern physics
electrical circuits 1 & 2
advanced physics lab
thermodynamics & statistical mechanics
zoology
anatomy
physiology
general biology
microbiology
cell biology
botany
chemistry
cancer biology
...and probably a few that i'm forgetting and that you don't really want to hear about anyways!
in all those classes, almost everyday, i was more and more
amazed.
...at the unbelievable complexity of the world around me.
...at the fact that opposites attract (not talking relationships here!).
...that the world doesn't just spin out of control and fly off through space.
...that we don't all have crazy diseases and harmful mutations.
...that chaos doesn't reign and entropy doesn't make everything fall apart.
...that people can look at these things and not know there is a Creator.
you know what's even more amazing to me?
the Creator of all this,
~the One who completely understands quantum physics and cell biology and physiology and thermodynamics,
~the Master of the Universe,
~the One who controls entropy,
~the Ruler of creation,
~the One who formed the double helix and coded DNA,
~the Controller of the stars,
~the One who knows the unknowable,
the Judge
One True God
Almighty
Consuming Fire
King of Kings
All Powerful
He loves me.
He knows everything about me.
He gave His Son for me.
He knows just how many cells are in my body, and He gave them all a job.
how awesome is that?
my classes didn't lead me to forget about that whole "God idea."
they humbled me. they showed me that the God who created the universe out of subatomic particles (what is unseen--get it? God's cool.) is the God who loves me and who lets me call Him Abba ("father" or "daddy" depending on who you ask).
i am so thankful for the small glimpse of Him that i got in those classes.