We have been skiing this past week in Colorado. The snow is great and the weather is the same. The temperature has hovered in the forty-degree area, no wind, and plenty of snow. We have gone as a family each of the last five years and age is slipping up on me.
The boys and Ashton no longer like going on the green and blue slopes but prefer black and even double black diamond. For those of you who are not skiers, slope ratings go like this; green is flat with no bumps, often referred to as the bunny slopes. Blue and blue diamond slopes are steeper with a few bumps called moguls and referred to as intermediate slopes. Then come the black and double black diamond slopes. They take several years of experience and are challenging for some of the best skiers. They have big moguls, are very steep and very narrow. These final ratings also apply to what they call the bowl runs. These slopes get their name from the bowl shape they have. A bowl that is turned up on its end that is. These are called extreme runs.
Diane and I ski the blue slopes and a few blue black diamond. Ashton is now skiing the black slopes and the boys are skiing the bowls and having a blast. Diane and I skied with Ashton for one afternoon. She and Diane goaded me into skiing with Ashton down a black diamond. I have no desire to ski black diamond slopes with Ashton. I felt like a child with my parent (Ashton) shouting at me from the bottom of the slope, “Come on Daddy you can do it.” Enough said?
We were standing in the ski lift line and Luke reached over into the fluffy white snow and made a snowball. Thus came the idea for this article. Luke picked up a handful of powdery snow and formed a hard round ball of ice. It made me appreciate the creation process that God went through to get us where we are today.
In the first book of the bible, Genesis, we have the record of creation. “In the beginning God created…” From the book of Hebrews we are told what faith is and how important it is. “Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see…By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.” (Hebrews 11:1-3)
It was obvious looking at the snowball that someone formed it, just like it is obvious by looking at creation that someone designed it. It did not just happen any more than the snowball formed itself. As Luke formed that snowball, which he threw at me, I could see him packing and molding it into a round, hard, ball of snow. Something as simple as a snowball has helped me to better understand God’s creative work.
At God’s command, everything from the formation of earth to the creation of life was spoken into existence. To look at just one of God’s creative works, man, it would be impossible outside of God for the circulatory system, skeletal system, nervous system, respiratory system, and thought process to have just happened over tens of thousands of years. They all depend upon each other and could not have evolved into existence one at a time. Since no one was there but God, we accept this by faith and logic.
I would much rather place my faith in intelligent design than dumb luck, accidental mutations, and thousands of years. Fortunately, snowflakes don’t fall from the sky and form snowballs, which gives me some time to avoid Luke’s creating them and throwing them at his dad.
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