Wednesday, October 3, 2007

In class, being great.

So I'm sitting here in Bio lecture, bored out of my mind, so I decided to write a little post here. Last night we had our floor Bible study, and it was really really good. All of the guys had a lot of good stuff to say, and it was a great discussion. Afterwards, Grace and I were talking about things and I shared some of the stories that were shared with her of modern miracles and whatnot. I don't remember who brought it up, but we started to talk about how so often we hear of these great things happening that the Lord is doing, but we aren't really amazed, or we write it off as hokey. We realized that our lives are filled with so many facts, and so many scientific proofs, that we have lost our natural wonder for things in life. We see a flower bloom, and that's cool. But we know that due to photosynthesis and pollination, the flower is able to bloom. Yesterday, I watched the stages of mitosis and meiosis take place before my very eyes in Bio lab. Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, and Telaphase. All of it. That's being able to see changes at the cellular level! How ridiculous is that? Don't you wish that you didn't know as much sometimes, so you can fully be amazed when you see the first snow, or a spring rain, and not know that it's simply the water cycle? Wouldn't it be great if you didn't know how everything worked? Granted, I love the facts that we do have, considering because of those facts we have antibiotics, computers, cures for diseases, and preventative measures against such things. I just think that sometimes I would love to experience the world through the eyes of a child again, and be completely enthralled by the sight of a new bug, or by the feel of grass beneath my feet. It would just be nice.

So those are my thoughts at this moment in time. Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to pay attention to learning about DNA structure and function. I'll see you later.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Yes, it would be nice to be in awe of things again. I am with you on that.