2018 06 25 Dominican Republic and the Osage
Here I sit on the top of a mountain in a beautiful house
enjoying the fruits of a life given to me by my creator, my parents and of
course growing up in the Osage. I cannot
help but be amazed at the creation by God’s hands. The flowers and the trees and of course the
climate in the DR are fantastic but how can anyone believe a BIG BANG created
this? Just take some common-sense logic,
like if it were a big bang, which is taking something that exists and exploding
it into a chaos vs. a finely developed order of creation. I don’t know precisely how everything was
made and absolutely no one on earth today or in the past knows. They can only guess and look at evidence but
remember, that things like carbon dating is a science and absolutely no one
knows for sure if it is accurate. In
fact, I heard a PHD from one of the major colleges in California say that there
is evidence that carbon dating is potentially off by thousands of percent. For those who remember Aunt Gladys (Gladys
Snyder-science teacher extraordinaire) she was a firm believer in evolution and
she was a joy to talk to and study with.
I cannot explain the difference in Biblical teaching and science but no
one else can, not even the smartest person out there.
The folks here in the DR are extraordinarily friendly and hospitable. They seem to desire to serve you and they
enjoy life even though they do not have the luxuries we have in the
states. Their families are much closer
and in many respects like the “good old days” in the Osage. The evenings are spent eating together and
talking while just sitting in a circle which includes all the family. That means kids as well.
I do remember the Shumate’s, the Snyder’s and the Kelsey’s
would be at our house playing cards or just talking for hours. Sometimes the Arrington’s would drive down
from Shidler and spend the evening and again just sit around and talk and of
course eat together. Even if there was
no company visiting we would sit on the porch and watch the coyotes run across
the hills or at least listen to them howling back and forth. That was great fun. Life seemed much like the DR and I have to
say it takes some getting use to these days.
I guess I just need to slow down.
So what does all this mean?
What do you learn in the Osage?
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Stuff is much less important than family and friends
·
Time is fleeting, and you don’t get a second
chance to use it because it is already gone
·
Happiness is where the heart is and that is
precisely why stuff does not make you happy
Thanks for listening,
gary
