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I stopped by the Creation Museum in Glen Rose, Texas today on my way to drop off books at a few churches.

The ark exhibit included dinosaurs—which is consistent if you’re working from a 6,000-year timeline.

But it raised a bigger question for me:

What happens when the explanation we’re given doesn’t match what we actually see?

At some point—especially for younger generations—people begin to ignore the explanations… and ultimately reject the Bible.

𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗴𝗼 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱:
“Do not store up treasures on earth where moth and rust destroy…”

People in that time knew things broke and wore out. But science would not explain why until much later through the laws of thermodynamics — the principle that all physical systems eventually decay.

Albert Einstein once said:

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.”

𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆.

We eat plants and animals that ultimately get their energy from the sun. We convert that energy into work, and often into money — which is really just stored human effort.

But when we store that effort only in wealth and possessions, it becomes subject to the same decay as everything else in this world.

Jesus pointed to a different investment.

When we direct the energy of our lives toward serving God and caring for others, that investment is not lost to rust, inflation, or time.

It is stored where decay cannot reach it.

𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗱𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲.

𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 is for readers seeking coherence between faith and science—where the conversation has long felt trapped in circular arguments.

Originally written for my children about life and purpose, the book grew into a rigorous examination of thorny biblical questions and apparent tensions within Christianity’s foundational beliefs.

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We tend to think failure has no place in success—or worse, that failure has no positive effect on the kind of life we build or the legacy we leave.

𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞?

The same force that constantly threatens to unravel life is also what drives progress. Resistance sharpens skill. Breakdown forces innovation. Struggle compels adaptation.

Life doesn’t move forward in spite of resistance. It moves forward because of it.

Apollo 13 is often remembered for the line, “Failure is not an option.” But Jim Lovell later called the mission a “𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐫𝐞.”

✧ The failure forced clarity.
✧ The struggle exposed weaknesses.
✧ And what followed made everything better.

NASA didn’t just survive Apollo 13—they changed because of it:
✦ Oxygen tanks were redesigned
✦ Flammable wiring was eliminated
✦ Redundancy was increased
✦ Emergency power and water supplies were added
✦ Crew survival systems were strengthened

Failure didn’t end the mission. Failure made the system wiser.

𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭.

Failure isn’t the opposite of progress. It’s the mechanism that makes progress possible.

The real danger isn’t failure—it’s failing to recognize the opportunity failure makes possible.

𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟖: “The Energy Cycle and Our Personal Lives — The Unexpected Benefit: Innovation Through Struggle”

When suffering feels constant and answers feel absent, it’s natural to ask—WHERE IS GOD?

One of the most compelling ideas I explore in Chapter 9 is this:
God still moves in the world—not by constantly interrupting the natural order, but by working through people.

What if the miracles we seek aren’t meant to arrive as supernatural events—but through God’s image within us—as His hands and heart in the lives of others?

God created us to overcome, to adapt, and to grow through struggle. He isn’t absent. He is present through human hands and hearts, because we were created in His image.

This chapter isn’t about platitudes.
It offers a framework that finally makes sense.

𝐋𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 — read the Chapter 9 summary:
https://gscyou.com/where-is-god

Where is God? | Discovering New Harmony Between Faith And Science What I Share in This Chapter

𝗚𝗼𝗱 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻’𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱—𝗛𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝘁.
A Christmas reflection on faith, presence, and responsibility.

👉 https://gscyou.com/yes-virginia-there-is-a-god/

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𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗻’𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝟮𝟰-𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 — 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗶𝘁𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝗶𝘁.
If Genesis meant the creation periods were 24-hour days, the wording would naturally be:
“𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴” —the beginning and the end of a normal day.

But that is not what Genesis says. It says:
“𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴.”

That order is the reverse of a daily cycle. But it makes perfect sense if the phrase is functioning as a 𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿:
𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 → 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗱
𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 → 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁

When you lay out the sequence across all seven days, the pattern becomes unmistakable:
Day 1 → evening → morning → Day 2
Day 2 → evening → morning → Day 3
Day 3 → evening → morning → Day 4
Day 4 → evening → morning → Day 5
Day 5 → evening → morning → Day 6
Day 6 → evening → morning → Day 7
And on 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟳, there is 𝗻𝗼 “evening and morning” — because creation is complete. There is no next period to separate.

This is one of the clearest internal clues that:
“𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴” 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗱𝘀 — 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘃𝗲𝘀.

And since the Hebrew word yom can mean either a 24-hour day 𝗼𝗿 an extended, God-appointed era, the text fits perfectly:
➤ 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗱𝘀
➤ 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝟮𝟰-𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀
➤ 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗱

This alone unravels the young-earth reading —
𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗶𝘁𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳.

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𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗶𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗮 𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗹𝗲. 𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗮 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲.
At age 12, while stepping in front of another enslaved man to save him, Harriet Tubman was struck in the head—a blow that nearly killed her.

That moment revealed the kind of person she would become: someone willing to absorb danger so someone else wouldn’t have to.

Harriet Tubman was born into slavery in Maryland in the early 1820s. In 1849, she escaped alone, traveling nearly 90 miles on foot to Philadelphia.
But she couldn’t rest knowing her family was still enslaved.

So she did something nearly unimaginable:

She went back. Repeatedly.

Tubman made 13 rescue missions into slave territory, guiding over 70 enslaved people to freedom through the Underground Railroad.
She never lost a single passenger.

She had no rank, no office, no legal protection. Yet she did what true leaders do:
she confronted what was wrong, stepped into danger, and protected the people who depended on her.

In Creation, Life, and Purpose, I talk about how disorder grows when we avoid difficult truths. Problems multiply when no one is willing to say, “This ends here.” Leaders—whether parents, teachers, supervisors, pastors, or friends—carry a responsibility to deal with wrong directly and honestly. Not harshly, but courageously.

Tubman lived that principle. She didn’t wait for someone else to act. She didn’t hope things would get better on their own. She became the one who would guide others to safety—again and again—at great personal risk.

That is the heart of real leadership:

𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗼 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼.
𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝘀𝗼𝗿𝗯 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲.
𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆.

Every one of us will face moments where something is wrong, and the easy path is silence or delay. But God didn’t design us to stand by while disorder grows. As I explain in Chapter 9, He empowered us to be the miracle—to act, to protect, to restore.

You don’t need authority to be a leader.
You need courage.

And if Harriet Tubman teaches us anything, it’s this:

𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝘄𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆.
Only one of those choices changes the world.