Pondering God & the World

Lately I have been pondering God and His wonders. He is so far beyond our understanding, that it is like a fairytale to just sit and think about Him and everything He has done.

I find it interesting how non-Christians, especially scientists use biology and nature to argue against God when "the heavens declare the glory of God." If there was ever a time when I needed to be reminded that God existed, all I would have to do is look around me. From the tiniest microorganisms and cells, to the huge mountains, to our solar system and galaxy, God's majesty is all around. How could our complex, perfectly functioning bodies just happen to be developed? While taking Biology, my college professor would tell us about how our bodies work, how the cell is so complex with so many different things happening, but most of the time would say, "we're not really sure why/how it does this, but it just does." So many things cannot be explained unless there is a creator involved. How could there have been just one explosion sometime in space and the beautiful, wondrous earth just happened to be created, and all these creatures evolved? How could water- so fascinating because we it's most of our body, it's most of the earth, it can be turned into steam, it's the only liquid whose solid state is lighter than it's liquid state which allows sea creatures to live, creatures and plants need it to live, etc.- just happened to come about? Even if there was a huge explosion, what created space? What created the atoms needed to make the explosion? It just baffles me that people use nature- which to me screams God- to prove He doesn't exist.

However, after thinking a lot, it seemed to me that only 2 things make sense. Either God Jehovah exists and created the earth, or it was all by chance and nothing matters. Any other god or belief system does not make sense. Either everything is for a purpose and much bigger than ourselves, or nothing is.
It also seems to me that most people that do not believe in God, mainly atheists, like to argue more against God than for something else. It seems they have a passion to disprove God rather than fight for something else they believe in- like they hate God. However, if God does not exists, why is there a need to hate him? I don't believe in Buddha or in the Greek gods, so I don't hate them, because I know they do not exist. If something does not exist, there is no reason to hate it, unless you feel threatened by the possibility it does exist. Which I feel most atheists do. While Christians do give reasons why other gods do not exist, there is no need for it because most of the arguments are why God DOES exist. If I wanted to prove why my dad is better than my mom, I couldn't prove that by only giving reasons why my mom is bad, I would have to give reasons why my dad is better. That might be a lame analogy, but whatever.
If I was not a Christian and didn't believe in God, it only makes sense that nothing would matter to me. If everything is essentially a mistake, or happened by chance, then everything I did on the earth would just be for my own enjoyment. So I probably wouldn't go to school or at least not college. I would run away from home early on so I wouldn't have to answer to authority. I would either work a ton to save up money, or I would steal a lot so that I could travel the world and do whatever I wanted. The law would make no sense to me because if nothing matters why is it bad to kill or steal? Where did morals come from? Why would relationships matter? Why would marriage matter? I would probably have multiple boyfriends or husbands, but no commitment so that I could be free to leave whenever. If I didn't like someone, I'd kill them because once we're dead, we're dead- no fear of hell or coming back as something else, plus they were not created for any purpose. I would probably be a prostitute, and a drug and alcohol addict. I would be the worst sort of person, because it shouldn't matter if everything is a mistake. You cannot say that there is no God, but we all should care about this or that. That's inconsistent.
But, these are all my opinions. Think it out for yourself and draw your own conclusions. I just am a logical person, so I think about things logically.

When it comes to non-Christians who do not like God, they all have something different they do not like. I know one person who hated everything He did in the Old Testament and thought God was vicious and unfair. I knew someone else who thought the creation story does not make sense according to how old scientists have found the earth to be. Others cannot accept the virgin birth, most cannot accept that God lets bad things happen to good people. But, the thing for me is, no matter what you dislike about God or the Bible, you have to disprove the foundation or center point of Christianity. Because if you can disprove that, every part of it falls apart. If you can prove it, however, then no matter what you dislike about God or the Bible has to be accepted. So what is the central point? Jesus Christ's death and resurrection. It has to be both because without his death, we would be lost, and without his resurrection, we would still be dead in sin and his death would have been pointless. I did my senior thesis on proving Christ's death and resurrection. It was 17 pages, and I could have written a lot more, but I will try to summarize it for you in another blog post- cause this one is already really long.

Something else that's random that I was thinking about... when it comes to homosexuals, most people think it's a choice they make, but homosexuals believe they were born that way just as heterosexuals are born that way. My point here though is this- I have heard many of homosexuals say that of course they were born that way because who would choose a life of judgement, ridicule, persecution, and protests? Which immediately makes me think of Christians. Christians DO chose a life of judgement, persecution, and protests. Some of us go to dangerous places, risk getting killed, just so we can share our belief, and many do get killed. So why would we chose a life like that? Either we are all mad, how many ever thousands of us, or God truly exists and is worth living a harsh life and worth dying for.

Anyway, back to what I began with- Pondering God and the world. One of my favorite things about God to think about is eternity. It's easy for me to think that once we die we (Christians) will live eternally in heaven with God, but God existed forever before the earth was even created! Like, what has He been doing with all this time? Were there other universes He created? Was there ever a perfect earth He made? How could He have no beginning and no end? It boggles my mind. When I think about God in his eternal life, the thought of not only my short lifespan, but the lifespan of the entire world seems like nothing. In comparison, our lives are ridiculously short and we really do need to use every single moment.
The fact that He is in control of everything and omnipresent is also boggling. Like, sometimes it's hard for me to believe God can have certain trials in my life under His control and will... but he does that a billion times over with every single person. He answers hundreds of prayers that are being made at once. He knows what I'm doing at the same time as every one else in this world. If I was God, that would be so overwhelming and I would not be able to keep up with everything. But He has directed everything on purpose and has prepared our whole lives for us. It's wonderful.

And kinda going back to thinking about creation. I LOVE God's metaphor for our relationship with Him through the world. The sun is the center of our universe just as Jesus The Son is. The moon is only seen through reflection of the light of the sun, just as we should only be seen through Christ's glory. The sun is our source for life- it provides our light and our warmth. Jesus is the light of this world and provides us with life. The earth revolves around the sun, just as our lives should revolve around God. It's just a beautiful picture.