I didn’t decide to call my blog and podcast Rhyme and Reason just because I thought it sounded cool. It’s because those words represent what I call the poetic style of God.
And God’s poetic style can be found all around you.
There have been plenty of times when I wrote or talked about how poetic the Bible is. But if you think I’m wrong, take a stroll through the Psalms and Proverbs for starters.
Psalms are songs. And the Proverbs are short tidbits of poetic wisdom. You can see the love of God pouring out of those books and the rest of the Bible.
Poetry and science reveal God’s love.
After all…that’s really what the story of the whole Bible is about…God’s love.
His love was and is so great that He created you with your own will. So, you can choose to love Him…or not.
And whether you do or not, you still have a universe that’s far more immense than you’d ever need to survive. So, He must have made it that big so we’d have something to stare into and ponder.
And countless poems, stories, and songs have been written by doing that. Tons of them are just about the sun, moon, and stars. And I bet there are plenty of others about the galaxies, supernovas, and comets.
OK, that’s the poetic part. But what about the science part of God’s love?
Well, start with this. Did you know our sun is approximately 400 times farther away from us than the moon? And did you also know the sun is approximately 400 times larger than the moon? And did you know that is precisely what makes it so easy to see a total eclipse of the sun every once in a while?
I believe God did it that way just because it pleased Him to share the brilliant spectacle with us?
Have you ever considered how dead our planet would be if the moon was just a little farther away? Or how our oceans would probably kill us all if it was closer? You might say it’s a random accident. But you’d be wrong. Because it’s by God’s design. And He did it so the seas would be filled with life and give us limitless fish dinners.
I’ve written hundreds of thousands of words about how beautiful the design of life truly is.
But I hope you’ll look into it for yourself.
Don’t take my word for it that you’re here because God created you.
Check out the evidence. See if you can come to that awesome conclusion on your own.
I’ll be glad to talk with you about it, if you like. One great resource for the science part I highly recommend is a book called “In The Beginning” by Dr. Walt Brown. And try out this poetry inspired by God’s word: “The Ballad of the White Horse” by G.K. Chesterton.
Till next time, I pray you find the rhyme and reason for your life in God’s word.
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