without the rain, there would be no rainbows

SO CHEESY.. BUT I LIKE

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Psalm 19

The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.

Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge.

There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard.

Their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.

In the heavens he has pitched a tent for the sun, which is like a bridegroom coming forth from his pavilion, like a champion rejoicing to run his course.

It rises at one end of the heavens and makes its circuit to the other; nothing is hidden from its heat.

The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul.

The statutes of the Lord are trustworthy, making wise the simple.

The precepts of the Lord are right, giving joy to the heart.

The commands of the Lord are radiant, giving light to the eyes.

The fear of the Lord is pure, enduring forever.

The ordinances of the Lord are sure and altogether righteous.

They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold;

they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb.

By them is your servant warned; in keeping them there is great reward.

Who can discern his errors? Forgive my hidden faults.

Keep your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule over me. Then will I be blameless, innocent of great transgression.

May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.

i went jogging in Queen's Garden a few days ago. it's one of the things i love about east perth. like a mini botanical garden, it has many pretty flowers lovingly planted and fertilised and i don't know what else you do with plants to make them bloom so beautifully, and new flowers are planted every season. like how i love to watch kids grow, i love to watch the flowers grow too. they're so bright and vibrant and eyecatching, they reminded me of how God uses creation to point the world to His existance. And then i recalled a conversation i had with a friend not too long ago about the BIG BANG THEORY. ok i know im not smart, but hello? big bang? so.. wiki says this.."the term Big Bang generally refers to the idea that the universe has expanded from a primordial hot and dense initial condition at some finite time in the past, and continues to expand to this day."

uhm.. uh.. right, ok so.. the planets and the galaxies appeared out of the big bang..

and the trees.. and the sun and the sky and the seas... the big bang would have led to.. uh. the birth of animals?

ok so lets say the animals did evolve somehow from the big bang.. what about humans? big bang- tada- human! oh maybe the evolution came after the big bang.. so big bang-some mass of cells-monkey-ape-human? man.. that's insulting... look at my old handphone! we all know it didn appear from any big bang or chemical reaction.. we know someone designed it, spent lots of time and planning and thinking of what facilities it should have, putting pieces of stuff together carefully and then tada! great invention! if that's the case.. i'd rather be a mobile phone.. at least i'd feel like i've been intricately designed and created for a purpose, not out of an explosion and left floating around planet earth until my body decides to degenerate and die.

even annoying homework and assignments have "creators" and "designers".. what about us and all the blood vessels and cells working hard in our body which we dont even know about? what about nature? what about the stars and planets in the universe? the rainbow after the rain, the golden sunsets, the different patterns on the zebra, the giraffe, the leopards and tigers? won't they have been designed by a much greater and more creative Inventor/ Creator/ Designer?

Can you hear Him saying: I created all these, just for you. I love you.