I do not
have time to watch tv, but one tv program that I usually won’t miss out is “Touched
by an Angel” at Good TV Channel. Several angels in the film were shuttling back
and forth on earth, helping people to solve problems, and conveying God’s love
and truth.
Once the story was like this:
15 year-old
teenager Lucy was always enthralled while she was looking at the boundless starry
sky. Gazing at those twinkling stars, she can’t help but to ask this question:
Who crated all these? But her move was always suppressed by her atheist father,
John. Later as Lucy’s mother Erica relapsed with cancer, the more desperate
Lucy needed to find out whether there is God in the universe, in order to bring
eternal hope to her mother. Monica the angel turned into an English teacher at
school and encouraged Lucy to continue to explore and to seek the answer, and
write it into an article.
After Lucy finished the article, she brought
her seriously ill mother to the suburb to watch the stars, then she read the
articles to her: “When I looked at the beautiful starry sky, there was a gratitude
rising in me, suddenly I realized: I feel that I want to say thank you to “someone”,
to thank Him for creating the beautiful stars……”--- Finally, Lucy found the
answer, and brought peace for her mum too……
Can’t Help But to Admit
Whether we use the spiritual angle or
scientific angle to explore, no one could deny that the whole universe was
created by God. Many famous scientists in the history believed in God, such as: Newton, Faraday, Pascal, Galileo, Edison……
< Romans > chapter 1 verse 20 said: “For
since the creation of the world, God’s invisible qualities --- His eternal
power and divine nature --- have been clearly seen, being understood from what has
been made, so that people are without excuse.“ God’s wisdom in creating all things in the
universe will indeed make us lost in astonishment; nature is full with
excellent masterpieces and exclamation marks……
The Earth & Sun which
are Just Right
The self-rotation angle of the earth is 23.44°;
this ingenious angle causes the earth to have four seasons and to have agricultural
produce rich in varieties. If the angle is 45°, then the summer of most places
will be as hot as the equator, while winter will be as cold as the north & south
poles. Similarly, the average distance between earth and sun（92,955,888 miles） is also
just right; if the distance reduces 1/10, the scorching hot sunray would have
burn up everything on earth; if the distance increases 1/10, the earth would
turn into an ice ball.
Human Bones that are Cleverly
Designed
Bones have soft bones and hard bones type: Ears and nose must be soft
bones, if they were hard bones, they will be easily broken when touched; but
the arms and legs must be hard bones, if the legs were soft bones, then we will
not be able to stand and walk. Bones also have those covered by flesh and those
that are not: All bones except the teeth and nails were covered by flesh; if
the teeth and nails were also covered by flesh, then we are not able to eat and
scratch. Besides, bones are hollow, which can both reduce the weight of bones
and to allow the nerve system to pass through, like a wire protection tube.
The Not-So-Simple Egg &
Chick
The egg looks
simple, but it is full of God’s ingenuity in creating. If the egg is like a
round Ping-Pong ball, it will be easily rolled away when the hen is hovering over
it or turning it, but the “one side large, one side small” design will cause
the egg to stop rolling after rolling for one circle. In addition, there is an
air chamber at the larger end of the egg, which is the design for chick’s
breathing inside the egg; the head of the chick is also right at the side that
has air chamber.
The chick usually
comes out of the egg in day 21 exactly, but during these 21 days, if any part
is badly designed, the chick will be endangered. At days 19-20, the air in the air
chamber is already used up, the chick must come out quickly, but it is tightly wrapped
up by the egg shell and cannot move. During this crucial moment, God gives the
chick a life-saving little tool --- an egg tooth, which is a tiny triangular
tooth at the top of its beak. The chick just need to slightly raise its head,
the egg tooth will pierce a hole at the shell, and the chick will be able to
come out at day 21. The amazing part is that the egg tooth will be
automatically fall off after the chick is born and after it accomplishes its
task.
Plant Seeds Spread by Various
Creative Methods
God created the plants to be able to spread
their seeds in many creative ways: Dandelion has tiny hairs which enable them
to fly with the wind. Pod is like an ejector, which will suddenly burst open when
it is mature and eject the seed to several feet away to provide enough space
for the growth of seeds. Some seeds have hooks & thorns which can hook on
the skin & fur of animals and the clothes of man to travel to far places.
And those plants that rely on the birds to disseminate have sweet fruits to
attract the birds to eat; their seeds will only be sprouted after passing through
the birds’ digestive system, thus avoid the crowdedness of sprouting if they were
falling directly on the ground.
The First Baby Room
Many dads and mums-to-be start to prepare and
decorate a comfortable baby room for their babies several months before the babies
are born; our Father God was also like that. The first chapter of < Genesis >
recorded the sequence God created the universe: First He created the sky, land,
sun, moon, stars, plants and animals, and put them into the right place,
finally He created man. When Adam the ancestor of mankind opened his eyes for
the very first time, he saw the loving and smiling face of Father God,
welcoming his birth……; everything Adam needed was already thoughtfully prepared
for him before he was born.
Reminder of the Father
All creations created by God were good in the
beginning --- There were no extreme weather, no pesticides that kill people, no
polluted lakes, rivers & oceans, no disposable polystyrene food utensils,
no deforestation, no ocean creatures choked to death by plastic trash, no
chickens, cows & pigs injected for speedy growth & weight gaining…
I thought of a metaphor: Before a father leave
home to travel, he said to his son who is staying back at home: “My child,
daddy is going to travel for a period of time, you can enjoy yummy food in the
fridge, and watch good tv programs……, I want you to look after this house, help
daddy to take care of the home, understand?” The son nodded, so the father
left. However, not very long after that, the son began to throw garbage around
the house, and left the faucet running……
April 22nd is the Earth Day, I hope to
represent all mankind, especially the Christians, to say to Father God, “Papa,
thank you for thoughtfully created this world for us; please forgive us for
wasting the resources and polluting the environment; we are willing to take up
our responsibility, to care for and restore the earth, to take good care of the
home for you……”
Hui-Zhi
( Chinese version was published in the “Shepherd” section of Nanyang
Siang Pau on 2013.4.14 )
