Mar 18
The Blessings of Ice
Ge 1:9 ¶ And God
said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place,….
God created water! What a blessing. What an amazing display of His
omnipotence and omniscience. He is the all-powerful and all-knowing God. And he created water! WOW! And he designed it so it would become
ice! (whistles, applause, roses thrown in the air) What? You don’t seem all that excited about water
and ice!
Please don’t leave now. I will explain why I think it is such a fabulous
display of God’s attention to every tiny detail. Yes, I know it has been a long winter and you
are sick of ice and snow. So let me help you look at it from a different
perspective. Maybe it will help you forget about whatever is healing since you
slipped on a patch of ice!
Please do not let a little science talk turn you off. Water as we know is
chemically H2O. What
is humorously called Dihydrogen Monoxide. But when God made water he made it so
different than anything else that it is amazing stuff. He took one atom of Oxygen and attached two
atoms of Hydrogen to the much larger Oxygen atom.
The oxygen atom has two hydrogen atoms linked to it. When
water is liquid these molecules are free to move about as they choose. They can
link together and create surface tension on the surface of water. But there is a weak force between the hydrogen
atoms on different molecules of water that makes them want to form into a shape
like a honeycomb. They can’t because the temperature gives them energy enough to
continually break weak bonds that form between molecules of water. As the
temperature falls there is less energy to break these molecules apart and they
begin to form into a 6 sided honey comb structure. (the reason snowflakes are 6
sided) At about 38-39 degrees water is at its greatest density. That means a
gallon of water at 38 degrees will weigh more than water at any other temperature.
Normally when things get colder they continue to get more dense. But not water.
When water gets colder than 38 degrees it starts to expand. More and more water
molecules are connecting into a honeycomb pattern. That pattern takes up more
room than when molecules of water could move more freely. At 32 degrees all the
molecules have been connected together and form ice. The ice is less dense than
the water so ice expands and floats. If ice did not float then cold water would
sink to the bottom of the lakes and oceans and freeze on the bottom of the lake
instead on the top. There are dozens of additional things about water and how
it forms ice that are interesting but would bore you to tears. You can find
what I think are fascinating facts about water and ice on the internet.
But where is the devotional thought in all this science blabbering. It is
that water needed to be designed to perform the way it does. The evolutionist would tell you otherwise,
but their mantra is getting old and tired. They would explain it like this.
Well there was a big bang and all the planets just happened to wind up where
they did. And after a gazillion billion eons of time two hydrogen atoms banged
into an oxygen atom. That was the first water molecule.
People who cling to the unproven theory of evolution usually explain how
things happen by providing an eternity of time and an unending supply of random
events. It took that long to achieve the one event that placed the two hydrogen
atoms at an angle of 104.45 degrees apart and connected to the oxygen atom by a
covalent bonding of charges. Or some
such gobbeldee-gook.
If random events over eons of time actually worked then 10 trillion monkeys
pounding the keys on typewriters would eventually produce the entire writings
of Shakespeare with no spelling errors.
I have a suggestion that requires faith to believe.
Ge 1:1 In the beginning God created
the heaven and the earth.
I said it takes faith to believe that God created the heavens and the
earth. But it is easier to believe that than the contradictory theories that
require eternities of time and limitless random events.
I read a good book recently in which the author corrected an old
expression. “God said it, I believe it, and that settles it!”. His clear thinking altered that expression to
“God said it, and that settles it!”. There is no need for us to believe what
God said to make it valid.
Perhaps my explanation of water was confusing to you. Just know that God
had to design water to have special characteristics to work properly and do the
work it was designed to do.
Pr 30:4 Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered
the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath
established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's
name, if thou canst tell? 5 Every word of God is pure:…
He who designed water so ice would float is God. He is the all- knowing
designer and creator.
Ps 136:5 To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth for ever. 6 To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Let us forget the foolishness of men and their vain imaginations and focus
on how great our God is. The one who spoke and the world was.
Ps 8:3 ¶ When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and
the stars, which thou hast ordained;
There is more evidence of His creation than we can ever write about. His
wisdom is past finding out. Let us pause for a moment, reflect on our great God
and praise His Holy name. Selah!
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