I want to be a missionary
And serve the world for better too.
I'm trying hard to go be ready
To love and preach and serve as best as I can do.

(To the tune of "I hope they call me on a mission")

Saturday, October 20, 2012

Outer Space: Stretching the Mind

I wrote this up for my science class, but thought it might be applicable on here too. I went to a free showing of "Black Holes" at the planetarium as part of my class requirement and had some neat "aha" moments there. 

One thing that really stuck out to me near the end of the show was something that the narrator said. He said something like “If nothing else, the idea of black holes has helped human minds to really stretch more”. Right away that made me think," So if we knew everything about black holes and everyone got stuck in that way of thinking (even the thought being true), it wouldn't give much for our minds to stretch and ponder about it." In the same way, if we knew everything about our lives or everything about truth as it is (like really knew, without a doubt), it wouldn't give any room for our minds to stretch beyond to other possibilities. Maybe there is only one true possibility, but I think there really is something to being able to see outside of that, to think outside the box. If everything we know is spoon-fed to us, how could we ever learn for ourselves?

I'm so glad for faith and the growth our Heavenly Father allows us by not telling us everything. I bet it takes a lot of faith on God's part for me that I'll follow in his ways, even when I don't know everything. I hope that I can live up to the trust I know God has put in my life. I'm going to try anyways :) 

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