deepbrew

This is my mom’s mommy, Mattie Yoder. She’s 93 years old and lives in our house, and reads the entire budget each week. (at least she used to) I find this totally amazing.

When God created the universe, did he have a practical, utilitarian reason for making everything that he did?

I declared to Harley after church today that I think there are some very legitimate parts of life that have no practical value, and that God has made some very unpractical things, such as that flowering tree right outside the window.  Harley sort of chuckled and I realized immediately that in fact that tree does have lots of practical value in providing food for bees and other insects and producing oxygen and in general being a very useful part of the ecosystem.  I mentioned mountains, and he thought of some practical reason for them, citing Mt. Herman in Israel as an example, which somehow stores up dew in the winter and releases it to water the plains in the summer.

Maybe he is right.  Maybe God is ultimately a utilitarian.

what an incredible day! i went biking. ttfn, darrell