Wonder

“I don’t trust a theologian who dismisses the beauty of science or a scientist who doesn’t believe in the power of mystery.”

                              Brené Brown, Rising Strong

______________________________________________

The Bible says this world was a divine creation

not a matter of accident

that creative genius spoke

and the world came to be

Mystery

Science suggests that the world

Was the culmination of many things

That can explained

Coming together

In just the right way

That all the currently observed matter and energy in the universe

were initially condensed in a very small and infinitely hot mass.

The BANG

And matter and energy expanding in all directions.

And in that expanding

earth, and eventually us

honestly?

I believe them both

I don’t care how that mystery that is the Sacred did it

I just believe that behind it all is something, some power

I call it “God” for lack of a better way of saying it

We could call it love

I know when I look at the mountain soaring

See the clouds drifting in a startling blue sky

Watch the snow fall

See the deer sneak

And the birds soar

That there are explanations

That sciences can take it all apart

At least to a certain degree, and explain how it works

But that doesn’t destroy for me

The mystery

It doesn’t take the Holy out of the equation

All of intricacies science helps us understand

does not destroy my sense of wonder and awe

and all the medical science in the world

which can take my body apart down to the cells

does not destroy my belief

that I am fearfully and wonderfully made

Go outside this morning

Look at the sun rising

Watch the bird fly

Experience the movement of your own body

Look into the eyes of a child

And the truth will rattle around not only inside your skull

But inside your heart

there is no war between science and theology

they both simply remind us how much

we do not know or understand

and leave us

in

wonder