Fingerprint
Fingerprint
An impression on a surface of the curves formed by the ridges on a fingertip; a distinctive or identifying mark.
I was sitting in my Geology class listening to my professor. She has an English accent and curly pink hair - yes, pink. She was explaining the process of which mountains are formed. Sometimes the class seems rather elementary... Ultimately, mountains and other land forms are created by great pressure. This pressure occurs over time and throughout billions of years the formation of the Earth's great marvels are created. Huh. This all seems very logical but somehow contradicts the knowledge inside of me. I spent the rest of the class uncomfortably jotting notes about facts that seemed to missing the biggest part of the story.
Why do we always have to question why things are the way they are? Wouldn't it just make sense to finally submit to the mysteries? I think that there comes a point when we are just going to have to stop asking why.
As for Geology, I'll learn the facts needed to pass the exams but I have the ultimate answer that satisfies the questions about this world. That great pressure that has formed this earth - simple of course! It is no more than the fingerprint of God. He has left His impressions upon the biggest mountains to the dimples on our cheeks. Isn't it incredible to imagine Him working through the earth with such precision and care, placing everything in its specific and perfect place? How important it is to find His beauty within everything and acknowledge the great lengths He has done to make our world so amazingly wonderful!
"I want a fingerprint of my own, that's all I want. I just want some substance to my existence."
- Lisa Marie Presley
An impression on a surface of the curves formed by the ridges on a fingertip; a distinctive or identifying mark.
I was sitting in my Geology class listening to my professor. She has an English accent and curly pink hair - yes, pink. She was explaining the process of which mountains are formed. Sometimes the class seems rather elementary... Ultimately, mountains and other land forms are created by great pressure. This pressure occurs over time and throughout billions of years the formation of the Earth's great marvels are created. Huh. This all seems very logical but somehow contradicts the knowledge inside of me. I spent the rest of the class uncomfortably jotting notes about facts that seemed to missing the biggest part of the story.
Why do we always have to question why things are the way they are? Wouldn't it just make sense to finally submit to the mysteries? I think that there comes a point when we are just going to have to stop asking why.
As for Geology, I'll learn the facts needed to pass the exams but I have the ultimate answer that satisfies the questions about this world. That great pressure that has formed this earth - simple of course! It is no more than the fingerprint of God. He has left His impressions upon the biggest mountains to the dimples on our cheeks. Isn't it incredible to imagine Him working through the earth with such precision and care, placing everything in its specific and perfect place? How important it is to find His beauty within everything and acknowledge the great lengths He has done to make our world so amazingly wonderful!
"I want a fingerprint of my own, that's all I want. I just want some substance to my existence."
- Lisa Marie Presley
posted by Karyn at 11:08 PM
5 Comments:
Stumbled upon your blog and enjoyed it! I really like the way you begin and end each post. It's quite unique!
I saw Lisa Marie Presley on Oprah over the summer and I thought she was a very neat and genuine person.
you never dissapoint...
hey kg, i was kind of thinking of your newly learnt learning that it's interesting that if mountains are formed by large amounts of pressure-how similar that is to when we face mountains in our own lives, as christians. theres the mountains and the valleys and usually it seems like there is tons of pressure or activity for lack of a better word, sometimes painful and grating but in the end God makes something beautiful out of those times. often we look back and can see the process that took us to that point and can thank Him for that and His power & grace to make things beautiful even when we would otherwise think it shouldn't be
Karyn,
Nice work on this blog. I am impressed with your candid and eloquent way of expressing what you, we, know to be truth.
Have i mentioned we have a great education program at UofS? Just a whimsical thought/wish.
PJ aka PPhtnpl
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