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"Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings."
- William Arthur Ward

John Glenn at seventy seven years old, looked out of the Space Shuttle Discovery amd remarked, "To look out at this kind of creation and not believe in God is to me impossible."

The evidence for a Designer certainly is clear on creation, but we often take it for granted.

"Only when we are captured by an overwhelming sense of awe and reverence in the presence of God, will we begin to worship God in spirit and in truth." - Alistair Begg

"Only a rookie who knows nothing about science would say science takes away from faith. If you really study science, it will bring you closer to God."

- James Tour, Nanoscientist

"Jude considered the .44, his super Blackhawk, in the safe, under his desk. But what would he shoot at? He understood that the ghost existed first and foremost within his own head. That maybe ghosts always haunted minds, not places. If he wanted to take a shot at it, he'd have to turn the barrel against his own temple." 😨

"When science writer Fred Heeren asked him if the Big Bang evidence is indicative of a Creator, Robert Wilson (the discoverer of the afterglow) responded, ''Certainly there was something that set it all off. Certainly if you are religious, I can't think of a better theory of the origin of the universe to match with Genesis.''"

"We live in a fallen world that is contrary, and even hostile, to God's ways. This is why we are informed, "It has been granted on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake" (Philippians 1:29). Not only Paul, but also Peter writes, For God called you to do good, even if it means suffering, just as Christ suffered for you. He is your example, and you must follow in His steps."

"Science without religion is lame; religion without science is blind." - Albert Einstein

"Like any woman stupidly believing in love, i never realized that the blue sky (of Malcolm's eyes) i saw was not the warm, soft, nurturing sky of spring, but the cold chilling, lonely sky of winter." 😨

"What was there about the human condition that made us hold on to tragedy with such tenacity and easily forgo the happiness we could reach readily?"

"That's the way battles are won, Jory, you don't look the overall picture. You take one step, then another, and another... until you arrive at your destination."

God has provided enough evidence in this life to convince anyone willing to believe, yet he has also left some ambiguity so as not to compel the unwilling. In this way, God gives us the opportunity either to love him or to reject him without violating our freedom. In fact, the purpose of this life is to make that choice freely and without coercion. For love, by definition, must be freely given. It cannot be coerced.

"The remarkable thing about God is that when you fear God, you fear nothing else, whereas if you do not fear God, you fear everything else."
-Oswald Chambers

Indeed, the five most consequential questions in life are these:

1. Origin: Where did we come from?
2. Identity: Who are we?
3. Meaning: Why are we here?
4. Morality: How should we live?
5. Destiny: Where are we going?