BEING
WITH THE HEAVENLY FATHER -
DEVOTIONS
FOR LAMBS.
No. 47
From Wendy Howard [Editor of Despatch magazine],
Sunshine Coast, Qld, Australia.
Access Online http://www.despatch.cth.com.au/Main/tabco_main
“See
this bar-be-que table I have finished over there? “Dad asked.
“Yes,
it looks real cool, Dad,” Dick said.
He was proud of his Dad’s
carpentry efforts.
“Well,
that table just happened with that big bang!”
He started laughing really
loudly.
“Yes,
I just went bang, and the whole table came into being - like magic!”
“OOO,
you did not ,Pop!” Jenny yelled,
“you
made it with your tools. It took you days to finish it.”
“Would
you think I was silly if I insisted that it was made by a big bang?”
Dad asked.
“Of
course we would, what are you getting at?
This
is a nutty conversation this is.”
Dick and Jenny couldn’t
make out what their father was driving at.
They decided to go inside,
it was eats time.
Mum had made them a lovely
chocolate cake,
with real melted chocolate
on top.
They cut themselves a
piece each,
and Dick poured three
glasses of orange cordial.
“Do
you know that there are scientists who believe
that
all the universe was made by a big bang?”
Dad was serious now.
“And
all the earth and the people and animals
were
made by the same big bang? That’s what they believe."
“What,”
said Jenny, “how could they believe that?”
“Well,
they have a notion that there was a big bang
millions
of years ago, in space,
and
everything that is made just came into being because of it. Silly, isn’t
it.”
The kids agreed.
“We
know that God our Heavenly Father created everything.
He
made us for Himself and loves us.”
So they had another piece
of cake.
They were glad Mum could
make cakes too.
“All
things bright and beautiful,
All
creatures great and small.
All
things wise and wonderful,
the
Lord God made them all.”
“By the word of the Lord were the heavens made...” (Psalm 3:36).
EXTRAS FOR TEENS AND BETWEENS
Of course the big bang
theory is much more complicated than the story version above. But the basic
premise is exactly the same - that is that everything was created by a
cosmic bang millions of years ago. Yes, the scientists use elaborate words
and phrases to present their ideas, but fancy words can’t alter what they
basically mean!
Why
do people invent notions to explain away what God tells us in the Bible
about creation? I figure it is because many people don’t WANT to believe
in the Creator God. If they do acknowledge Him, they will have to
do what He tells them, and they don’t want to do that. Have you heard of
the big bang theory?
This is what God says
about those who refuse to accept Him as their Creator
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