I am quite humbled by at the construction and detail of the human mind. In ancient days, a blob on the beach did not just happen to start reorganizing and eventually develop into a higher organism. The design and functions of the brain are amazing and show incredible love. Man did not design the brain, man uses it. It is an important distinction to make.
The Oxford Dictionary defines 'reality' as: "1. the world or the state of things as they actually exist, as opposed to an idealistic or notional idea of them. 2.the state or quality of having existence or substance." I am a biologist and I like to know how things are designed in the living world. A tree has existence as does a human being, or a flower or a bird. I also like geology which is the study of the non-living world. The earth's crust, tectonic plates, mountains, oceans and stars also have existence and substance. How this ecosphere operates is a beautiful miracle. It is reality and it teaches us many lessons. Some of the greatest researchers in history were godly men and women who respected God and his design of the human body. Some of the greatest physicists were deeply humbled as they dug into the physical world and its motions.
The design of the universe is more than breath-taking. In addition it is quite humbling. God has installed so much around us to comfort and delight us forever. It does us good to get our heads out in God's beautiful creation, not just because it is gorgeous, but because it is confirming and added assurance of his unfaltering love. Everything I look at that God has fashioned, builds believing and strengths in my heart. Religion didn't do that for me, it is God who does that.
I used to call myself an agnostic. It is not that I didn't believe in God, I just wasn't sure. I didn't know where to start, but I decided I wanted to to know the truth. So I asked God and and was willing to look at sources to help me. God provided and I found the greatest resource was the Bible and I was willing to think about what I read. Of course I had all the same questions everybody has about this book but somehow as I continued those questions were answered and in many different ways. The more I learned and relied upon what I read, the more I saw results. One verse I ran into literally changed my life:
5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth (cast blame) not; and it shall be given him. James 1:5I found it to be true.
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