Comments on: What's It Good For? http://wonderofcreation.org/2008/12/07/whats-it-good-for/ "Wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted." —Job 9:10 Tue, 13 Mar 2012 16:18:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Ted M. Gossard http://wonderofcreation.org/2008/12/07/whats-it-good-for/comment-page-1/#comment-126 Ted M. Gossard Tue, 09 Dec 2008 05:27:03 +0000 http://www.wonderofcreation.org/?p=972#comment-126 How wonderful, all God has created. Why should we have the strange notion that we can figure out why it's all there? The amount of diversity is surely mind boggling. Thanks for this helpful post, Dean. We need this good reminder and heads up. How wonderful, all God has created. Why should we have the strange notion that we can figure out why it’s all there? The amount of diversity is surely mind boggling.

Thanks for this helpful post, Dean. We need this good reminder and heads up.

]]> By: Linda http://wonderofcreation.org/2008/12/07/whats-it-good-for/comment-page-1/#comment-125 Linda Mon, 08 Dec 2008 20:37:35 +0000 http://www.wonderofcreation.org/?p=972#comment-125 Thanks for drawing our attention to our shortsightedness. God's economy often seems weird to us, especially when it comes to the natural world. We seem to hate spiders and kill them on sight, even though we would be eaten alive by insects if they disappeared. We find vultures, seagulls and crows to be annoying, forgetting that they are a clean-up crew we depend on for disposing of the final remains of animal life around us. We just don't get it. What is it good for? And don't we ask that same question about other parts of God's economy, namely prayer, meditation, memory of Bible verses...self-sacrifice. If we don't see easy math that adds up to immediate benefit to ourselves, then what good is it? Heaven help us to look beyond our turned up noses! Thanks for drawing our attention to our shortsightedness. God’s economy often seems weird to us, especially when it comes to the natural world. We seem to hate spiders and kill them on sight, even though we would be eaten alive by insects if they disappeared. We find vultures, seagulls and crows to be annoying, forgetting that they are a clean-up crew we depend on for disposing of the final remains of animal life around us. We just don’t get it.
What is it good for? And don’t we ask that same question about other parts of God’s economy, namely prayer, meditation, memory of Bible verses…self-sacrifice. If we don’t see easy math that adds up to immediate benefit to ourselves, then what good is it? Heaven help us to look beyond our turned up noses!

]]> By: rdrcomp http://wonderofcreation.org/2008/12/07/whats-it-good-for/comment-page-1/#comment-124 rdrcomp Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:40:44 +0000 http://www.wonderofcreation.org/?p=972#comment-124 Oh no, now I am going to have to think before swatting a mosquito or housefly! Can these "pests" actually have value?? Of course, I know the answer, although I will still slap a biting mosquito, and trap mice which get into the house. I used to "hate" snakes. Did you realize that the word enmity that God told the serpent He would put between it and the woman actually means hatred? No wonder most folks I know hate snakes. But I won't kill one now unless I absolutely have to to get one out of a house, and then I try to capture it as much as possible. I have a friend who is a herpetologist (studies amphibians and reptiles) who helped me realize the importance and benefit of snakes and being a Boy Scout leader, I want to pass on true and positive information to my scouts. He helped me see that snakes (along with most wildlife) are not out there looking for someone to bite, in fact even if a venomous snake does bite in self defense, it usually does not inject venom, but reserves venom for prey that it needs to eat. Anyway, Dean, I appreciate the post because all of creation is good for something. We and I especially include me, need to find out why. Oh no, now I am going to have to think before swatting a mosquito or housefly! Can these “pests” actually have value??

Of course, I know the answer, although I will still slap a biting mosquito, and trap mice which get into the house.

I used to “hate” snakes. Did you realize that the word enmity that God told the serpent He would put between it and the woman actually means hatred? No wonder most folks I know hate snakes.

But I won’t kill one now unless I absolutely have to to get one out of a house, and then I try to capture it as much as possible. I have a friend who is a herpetologist (studies amphibians and reptiles) who helped me realize the importance and benefit of snakes and being a Boy Scout leader, I want to pass on true and positive information to my scouts. He helped me see that snakes (along with most wildlife) are not out there looking for someone to bite, in fact even if a venomous snake does bite in self defense, it usually does not inject venom, but reserves venom for prey that it needs to eat.

Anyway, Dean, I appreciate the post because all of creation is good for something. We and I especially include me, need to find out why.

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