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Here it is, the reason I am feeling called to enter into this uncomfortable and foreign process.  I am trying to be obedient to the “call to create” in order to honor the Creator.

The guided Hope*Circle I am currently in is studying Madeleine L’Engle’s book, “Walking on Water”.  A quote at the front of the book reads, “We have been created by the master artist, and in return we must create art that directs others to Him.”   Yes.

In my years of teaching in the public-school forum, I had a front row seat to the disconnect between God and science. Science is taught as if many complicated processes and designs just occurred.  Evolution is referred to as the scientific way that humans came into existence.  

When the right teaching moment presented itself in discussing various world cultures, I would throw out phrases like, “There are other theories of creation.”  “There is scientific evidence that promotes creation.”  “There’s something called intelligent design”.   “There’s the second law of thermodynamics”-   left alone, all systems tend from order to disorder.  They don’t become more complex!   And, “There’s something called irreducible complexity.”   (Irreducible complexity is a term used to describe a characteristic of certain complex systems whereby they need all of their individual component parts in place in order to function. In other words, it is impossible to reduce the complexity of (or to simplify) an irreducibly complex system by removing any of its component parts and still maintain its functionality (gotquestions.org)).  I made sure not to promote my faith, but to present the idea that there were alternate theories of creation.

I would pray and think carefully about what I would say.  There were always students who knew what I was talking about.  They had been exposed to other ideas or theories through their families or through their faiths.  For others, it was a surprising idea and the first time they’d heard about anything other than evolution.

Even many believers are not exposed to the true science of creation.   We have to seek it out!  Many of us just believe in God and that somehow the fairy tales of creation fit into evolution.   I believe that the God who gives us life and purpose designed every part of the human body in a magnificent and specific way.  The design of every creature on earth is intentional and unique.  Look at the process of human life itself; how a tiny egg grows into an entire human being, a human being created in the image of the Creator Himself.

There is a misconception that religion and science are at odds.  But scripture tells us, “The heavens declare the glory of the Lord; the skies proclaim the work of His Hands”, Psalm 19:1.  Evidence of creation simply surrounds us.

There are incredible resources out there for parents who want to teach their children, from an early age, about creation.  A beautiful book that I just got is called “When God Made the World” by Matthew Paul Turner.  There is an incredible ministry and website called Answers in Genesis (answersingenesis.org) with an entire museum dedicated to the science behind creation. Ken Ham and his team have even built a life-sized Noah’s Ark in northern Kentucky, on my bucket list for a trip!

I’m writing some stories for young children about how God purposefully created them, this world, and put the entire universe in motion (just have to find someone to publish them).  If we equip our kids from the start, they can grow up grounded in their faith and ready to combat the lies that they will later encounter. 

We can equip our kids with truth. We can teach them both the miracles of the Bible and the science of creation.  He’s a God of miracles for sure, but He’s also the Master Scientist.   There’s even a book about this 😊.