THE MOST SENSITIVE MAMMAL ON EARTH
Romans 8:28
"And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose."
No matter where you live, it is likely that a wondrous creature is, right now, at work in or near your lawn. This creature has more ability to sense the things going on around him than a sophisticated space probe. It can even hear earthworms chewing beneath the ground.
This wondrous and misunderstood creature is the mole. But let's start by dismissing the myth that the mole is blind or that he is crippled. Although his eyes are tiny, he is not blind, and his front feet have specialized claws for digging; this causes him to walk on his knuckles.
The mole's nose and tail have vibration sensors that are more head sensitive than any that man's science has been able to make. These sensors are composed of thousands of parts and allow the mole to hear and locate the grubs chewing on the roots of your lawn - even through several feet of soil! In one year's time, a mole can eat almost 60 pounds of grubs - more than enough grubs to kill a fair-sized lawn.
Every one of God's creatures has a purpose, whether we understand it or not. Although you might not like the little trails that moles leave in your lawn, the trails are quite harmless. The thing to remember is that there is a mole on patrol in your yard.
Dear Lord, I understand so little, but You know and understand all things. Help me to learn more about Your wisdom and purposes in the creation and to be strengthened when life brings things that seem to have no purpose. Amen.
Photo: Eastern mole. Courtesy of Kenneth Catania, Vanderbilt University. (CC-BY-SA 3.0)
Romans 8:28
"And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose."
No matter where you live, it is likely that a wondrous creature is, right now, at work in or near your lawn. This creature has more ability to sense the things going on around him than a sophisticated space probe. It can even hear earthworms chewing beneath the ground.
This wondrous and misunderstood creature is the mole. But let's start by dismissing the myth that the mole is blind or that he is crippled. Although his eyes are tiny, he is not blind, and his front feet have specialized claws for digging; this causes him to walk on his knuckles.
The mole's nose and tail have vibration sensors that are more head sensitive than any that man's science has been able to make. These sensors are composed of thousands of parts and allow the mole to hear and locate the grubs chewing on the roots of your lawn - even through several feet of soil! In one year's time, a mole can eat almost 60 pounds of grubs - more than enough grubs to kill a fair-sized lawn.
Every one of God's creatures has a purpose, whether we understand it or not. Although you might not like the little trails that moles leave in your lawn, the trails are quite harmless. The thing to remember is that there is a mole on patrol in your yard.
Dear Lord, I understand so little, but You know and understand all things. Help me to learn more about Your wisdom and purposes in the creation and to be strengthened when life brings things that seem to have no purpose. Amen.
Photo: Eastern mole. Courtesy of Kenneth Catania, Vanderbilt University. (CC-BY-SA 3.0)
THE CREATOR'S GIFT OF INTELLIGENCE
Psalm 111:10
"The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever."
In many of our Creation Moments programs, we have shown that animal intelligence is not a result of evolution but God's gift to His creatures. While animals are limited to a much smaller area of specialty, some can perform feats of intelligence that even man cannot accomplish.
For example, at the Japanese Deer Park in California, pigeons have been trained to sort electrical parts. They can do this with greater efficiency and accuracy than humans. People usually get quickly bored with such work and lose their concentration.
But then there is the mystery of migration. The Golden Plover migrates between Alaska and Hawaii. Yet, the parents never teach their youngsters the route. When migration time comes, the young are usually old enough to fend for themselves, but too young to fly the thousands of miles, non-stop, required by the route. So the parents leave them in Alaska and head for Hawaii. A little later when they are stronger, the young plovers follow the same route without error, even though they have no guide.
Intelligence is not the result of mindless natural forces, for how could mindlessness produce intelligence or even genius? Christians should not be surprised, as are evolutionists, to find many examples of intelligence in the animal world because intelligence is the gift of God, the Creator, to His creatures.
Dear Lord, I thank You for the gift of intelligence. Help me to be a good steward of the intelligence You have given me. In Jesus' Name. Amen.
Psalm 111:10
"The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever."
In many of our Creation Moments programs, we have shown that animal intelligence is not a result of evolution but God's gift to His creatures. While animals are limited to a much smaller area of specialty, some can perform feats of intelligence that even man cannot accomplish.
For example, at the Japanese Deer Park in California, pigeons have been trained to sort electrical parts. They can do this with greater efficiency and accuracy than humans. People usually get quickly bored with such work and lose their concentration.
But then there is the mystery of migration. The Golden Plover migrates between Alaska and Hawaii. Yet, the parents never teach their youngsters the route. When migration time comes, the young are usually old enough to fend for themselves, but too young to fly the thousands of miles, non-stop, required by the route. So the parents leave them in Alaska and head for Hawaii. A little later when they are stronger, the young plovers follow the same route without error, even though they have no guide.
Intelligence is not the result of mindless natural forces, for how could mindlessness produce intelligence or even genius? Christians should not be surprised, as are evolutionists, to find many examples of intelligence in the animal world because intelligence is the gift of God, the Creator, to His creatures.
Dear Lord, I thank You for the gift of intelligence. Help me to be a good steward of the intelligence You have given me. In Jesus' Name. Amen.
THE MYSTERIOUS RINGS OF URANUS
Genesis 1:16
"And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also."
Space probes have now reached the farthest points of our solar system, and we have learned more about the outer planets in 24 hours than astronomers learned in the past century.
For example, we have learned that all four of the outer planets are surrounded by rings. Apart from being quite beautiful, planetary rings are truly a wonder. The rings are only inches thick and comprised of dust and ice in neat bands; it is a very unlikely and unstable structure. Every astronomer knows that the forces of the solar wind, of gravity, and the unavoidable laws of physics should have destroyed a planetary ring in less than a million years. But at the same time astronomers believe that the solar system is billions of years old. How can this be?
To save the situation, astronomers have theorized that there must be small "shepherding satellites" which help hold the rings together for long periods of time. They have found satellites around Saturn and believe they may be the shepherding satellites. But now an exhaustive study of Voyager 2's data from Uranus has shown perfect rings without any "shepherding satellites." This is held to be a real mystery.
Yet, there is no mystery if the Bible is an accurate history of the entire creation, starting at the beginning, not billions but only thousands of years ago.
Dear Father, in Your wisdom You have left man no place in the creation where he call look and not see Your work. But man needs more than this; he needs Your grace which only comes through faith in Jesus Christ. Help me to use Your Word to help the world know of Your Love to us in Christ. In His Name. Amen.
Photo: Hubble Space Telescope near-infrared image of Uranus showing cloud bands, rings, and moons. (PD)
Genesis 1:16
"And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also."
Space probes have now reached the farthest points of our solar system, and we have learned more about the outer planets in 24 hours than astronomers learned in the past century.
For example, we have learned that all four of the outer planets are surrounded by rings. Apart from being quite beautiful, planetary rings are truly a wonder. The rings are only inches thick and comprised of dust and ice in neat bands; it is a very unlikely and unstable structure. Every astronomer knows that the forces of the solar wind, of gravity, and the unavoidable laws of physics should have destroyed a planetary ring in less than a million years. But at the same time astronomers believe that the solar system is billions of years old. How can this be?
To save the situation, astronomers have theorized that there must be small "shepherding satellites" which help hold the rings together for long periods of time. They have found satellites around Saturn and believe they may be the shepherding satellites. But now an exhaustive study of Voyager 2's data from Uranus has shown perfect rings without any "shepherding satellites." This is held to be a real mystery.
Yet, there is no mystery if the Bible is an accurate history of the entire creation, starting at the beginning, not billions but only thousands of years ago.
Dear Father, in Your wisdom You have left man no place in the creation where he call look and not see Your work. But man needs more than this; he needs Your grace which only comes through faith in Jesus Christ. Help me to use Your Word to help the world know of Your Love to us in Christ. In His Name. Amen.
Photo: Hubble Space Telescope near-infrared image of Uranus showing cloud bands, rings, and moons. (PD)
A CLEVER GOLDEN TOAD
Matthew 6:26
"Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?"
All toads are not fat and ugly. The golden toad, which lives only in a few square miles of the cloud forest of Costa Rica, is a trim and slim toad with garishly bright orange coloring.
The golden toad offers even more surprises. After the first heavy rain of the year, as many as 20 to 30 males congregate around a pool of water. They sit motionless, waiting for the first female to arrive. Before long, the females begin to arrive, and a week or so later the entire population of golden toads, now numbering in the thousands, disappears back into the jungle to remain almost invisible for another year.
This breeding strategy shows a great deal of wisdom and understanding and ensures that there are plenty of golden toads in the next generation. Toads have many enemies in the jungle, but by all getting together at the same time, they can produce far more young than their predators can victimize in a single week.
You don't have to be a college graduate to know that toads are incapable of the kind of planning and ability to change their physical natures necessary to carry out this strategy. Evolutionists would say that no one thought of this strategy. But the clear answer is that there is a Creator, and He cares about all of His creatures.
Dear Father, not a sparrow drops from the sky without Your knowledge and purpose. Not even toads lack Your care. Help me to remember Your care when I am anxious about the cares of living. In Jesus' Name. Amen.
Photo: Male golden toad. (PD)
Matthew 6:26
"Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?"
All toads are not fat and ugly. The golden toad, which lives only in a few square miles of the cloud forest of Costa Rica, is a trim and slim toad with garishly bright orange coloring.
The golden toad offers even more surprises. After the first heavy rain of the year, as many as 20 to 30 males congregate around a pool of water. They sit motionless, waiting for the first female to arrive. Before long, the females begin to arrive, and a week or so later the entire population of golden toads, now numbering in the thousands, disappears back into the jungle to remain almost invisible for another year.
This breeding strategy shows a great deal of wisdom and understanding and ensures that there are plenty of golden toads in the next generation. Toads have many enemies in the jungle, but by all getting together at the same time, they can produce far more young than their predators can victimize in a single week.
You don't have to be a college graduate to know that toads are incapable of the kind of planning and ability to change their physical natures necessary to carry out this strategy. Evolutionists would say that no one thought of this strategy. But the clear answer is that there is a Creator, and He cares about all of His creatures.
Dear Father, not a sparrow drops from the sky without Your knowledge and purpose. Not even toads lack Your care. Help me to remember Your care when I am anxious about the cares of living. In Jesus' Name. Amen.
Photo: Male golden toad. (PD)
THE BODY'S INCREDIBLE HEALING POWERS
Mark 2:17
"When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."
God has given your body incredible powers of healing and repair, and you could almost say that we carry our very own doctor and pharmacy inside us.
When testing new medicines, one group of patients gets the medicine and another group gets a placebo. The placebo does nothing, but no one knows who gets it. However, doctors have known for years that a "placebo effect" sometimes takes place. For example, if the body thinks it is getting aspirin for a headache but is actually getting a placebo, the body expects the medicine to work, and the headache will often disappear. Studies over recent years have shown that the body does produce its own painkillers. It has been found that one of these pain-killing chemicals made by the body can reduce pain as effectively as 8 milligrams of morphine or 80 milligrams of Demerol!
Studies on the body's built-in pharmacy have, so far, confirmed that the body is also able to treat coughs, anxiety, high blood pressure, depression, asthma, colds, arthritis, ulcers, high cholesterol, and even warts. Often, the medicines we take simply give the body "permission" to do its own healing by giving us the belief we are going to get better.
Medicine is often the study of how the body solves problems - in other words, a study of the work of the Great Physician Himself!
Dear Lord Jesus, You made us and You are the great Healer of both body and soul. I thank You for the wonderful abilities You have given my body to take care of itself. But without You, my soul has no healing. I trust in Your atonement for my sin. Amen.
Photo: Some of these "cures" work because of the placebo effect. (PD)
Mark 2:17
"When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."
God has given your body incredible powers of healing and repair, and you could almost say that we carry our very own doctor and pharmacy inside us.
When testing new medicines, one group of patients gets the medicine and another group gets a placebo. The placebo does nothing, but no one knows who gets it. However, doctors have known for years that a "placebo effect" sometimes takes place. For example, if the body thinks it is getting aspirin for a headache but is actually getting a placebo, the body expects the medicine to work, and the headache will often disappear. Studies over recent years have shown that the body does produce its own painkillers. It has been found that one of these pain-killing chemicals made by the body can reduce pain as effectively as 8 milligrams of morphine or 80 milligrams of Demerol!
Studies on the body's built-in pharmacy have, so far, confirmed that the body is also able to treat coughs, anxiety, high blood pressure, depression, asthma, colds, arthritis, ulcers, high cholesterol, and even warts. Often, the medicines we take simply give the body "permission" to do its own healing by giving us the belief we are going to get better.
Medicine is often the study of how the body solves problems - in other words, a study of the work of the Great Physician Himself!
Dear Lord Jesus, You made us and You are the great Healer of both body and soul. I thank You for the wonderful abilities You have given my body to take care of itself. But without You, my soul has no healing. I trust in Your atonement for my sin. Amen.
Photo: Some of these "cures" work because of the placebo effect. (PD)
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