Yo, so when stuff happens I just need to write it down and tell someone. And by doing so, not only do I make my joy complete, I also get to glorify God. So, listen. haha.
I've been having a pretty off day to say the least. Last night I was helping my friend who is a dj and got her back home around 1:30. I was exhausted, but I also saw something I shouldn't have and it really messed me up.
This morning I woke up, made poor decisions and ended up slightly late to church for Good Friday service. It was pretty interesting. I don't think anyone disliked it. haha. A bunch of people were asked last night if they would be willing to go up to the cross and pray near the end of service (he was going to invite everyone to write a prayer on a card and bring it to the cross, but you could also stay at the front and pray) I ended up being nearly last because apparently I write long prayers. lol. But ya, it was good, I got to pray all about this stuff from the morning and I got to make a new Malaysian friend and ya. good times.
I was at my parents' house all day with our new puppy. lol. I got to take him for a 'walk'. lol... Watched the end of Hunger Games finally!
But ya, so I left around 7 and was driving home. Just going over the hill by Confederation Station I saw all this sunshine and awesome picture opportunities behind me and felt the urge to walk back and take pictures. Walking back the sun had set more, so good picture times were done, but I felt I should really find a good place and spend time with God for the rest of the sunset. Usually that would mean at the park, but there were people in my spot, so I thought 'on the otrain?' but nah, it would take forever to get home if I missed the stop, so I chose to go to Heron station.
Anyways, sat down, still kinda annoyed with my actions this morning, but opened the Bible in Job where I was currently reading. I reread chapter 8 then read 9 and 10. Good stuff in there (8:8-10, 9:4-10, and 9:32-35) but the passage that really stuck out to me was 10:8-12.
"Your hands shaped me and made me,
Will you know turn and destroy me?
Remember that you molded me like clay.
Will you now turn me to dust again?
Did you not pour me out like milk
and curdle me like cheese,
clothe me with skin and flesh
and knit me together with bones and sinews?
You gave me life and showed me kindness,
and in your providence watched over my spirit."
This really stood out to me because of a conversation I had last week at Carleton with a Muslim guy. It was turning into an argument between ZL and him, but after we shook hands and were friendly and everything. Anyways, one thing he said about Qur'anic science was that in the Qur'an it says that in developing fetuses the bones are made before the flesh, which these verses don't exactly agree upon. I had also read a bit of stuff about embryology in the Qur'an before, so when I came to this verse I needed to find out more and googled "islam science embryology" on my phone in the bus station.
I got this website as the top result: http://www.answering-islam.org/Quran/Science/embryo.html
I was fully expecting to get a biased result fully supporting what the Qur'an says, but I was greatly surprised by this website. He was seeking to see what the Qur'an actually says and disputing the idea that 'the Qur'an says a lot about Science way before we knew it' which I have heard a number of times.
Apparently a lot of studies on embryos had been done before the Qur'an was written, and Greek understanding was translated and got to Arabia and even to Muhammed's close friends. A really striking sentence on that page though was that the end of the sura about embryology is accepted as being said by Muhammed's scribe (ie not inspired).
Sura 23:12-14 reads (in my English Qur'an):
"We created man from an essence of clay, then We placed him as a drop of fluid in a safe place, then We developed that drop into a clinging form, and We developed that form into a lump of flesh, and We developed that lump into bones, and clothed the bones with flesh. Then We brought him into being as a new creation glory be to God, the best of creators"
Anyways, you should read that article. It is very well researched.
I'm really glad God speaks in these ways, maybe not as directly as I might hope some times, but still He answers the questions on our hearts and points us back to Himself.
Ttyl.
D.Fa
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