Who can explain?
My debates with old friends continue around the theme of "can you really believe the Bible?" I have not shied away - I have pressed boldly into the void.

But something pretty simple struck me today - "who can explain"...

Who can explain exactly how "life" works?

Who can explain the beauty of spring?

Who can explain the majesty of the mountains?

Who can explain the warmth of the spring sun and just how good that makes you feel?

Who can explain the perfect v-formation of a flock of geese?

Who can explain the miracle of a young child's giggle?

Who can explain why the earth is in exactly the right place, so the temperature is exactly right to sustain life?

Who can explain why our planet stays in its perfect rotation?

Who can explain why there is just enough of a balance of warmth/cold, spring/fall, sun/darkness, light/rain, wind/humidity, deserts/ice and how all that stays in place?

Who can explain the seasons - the youth of spring, the maturity of summer, the harvest of fall and death of winter and how that exactly mimmics human life?

Who can explain why love feels so good and can hurt so bad?

Who can explain why we even have emotions? I mean if we "evolved", why do we have emotions? Surely, emotions would have been "evolved" out by now. What scientific good do they serve?

Who can explain why humans have the emotional need for a mate, for the completeness of sex (beyond the act itself), for family? Animals simply reproduce - they aren't driven by the need for relationship, completeness that comes from family. Why does man have these desires?

Who can explain why the sunsets are so pretty?

Who can explain why spring is so magical - lush green lawns, daylillies, azaleas, etc?

Who can explain and why does man obsess with trying?

Ronald Reagan said of his atheist son, "There was one thing he had long yearned to do for his atheist son. He wanted to serve his son the perfect gourmet dinner, to have him enjoy the meal, and then to ask him if he believed there was a cook."

Why do we so enjoy this world and all its blessings - our intelligence, our looks, our family, the miracle of children and all that is listed above...and insist on giving the credit to something other than the Creator?

There is a cook and He has prepared a glorious meal for all who will accept.

Soar!