Day 12: Wrinkled Shirts and Icy Roads

Thank God for wrinkled shirts and icy roads!

How could anybody even think that statement? For just a moment, stop thinking of the bad when you hear of these two things and instead remember that God made everything for our use so there must be something good about them.

Most people don’t know it, but my background is in Chemistry. Before owning a print shop, I was an Industrial Chemist for 14 years so I look at life with a very analytical eye. When I look at wrinkled shirts and icy roads, I see the power and love of God.

Everybody knows the only way to get wrinkled shirts nice and smooth is to iron them with a very hot, steamy iron. Just heat alone won’t do it. Remember that the boiling point of water is 212°F. Well, cotton relaxes and smooths out at around 203°-204°, just below the temperature of steam, or in other words, a steamy hot iron. Do you think this is a coincidence? I don’t. To me, it shows the power and love of God. As simple and basic as a nice smooth shirt is to us, God knew that we would want it that way, so He made nature work like that.

Icy roads can be very dangerous, but if you look at them from a different angle, again you can see the power and love of God. The easiest way to melt ice on roads is to spread salt on them. Do you think this is a coincidence? I don’t. The way salt works on an icy road is that it interacts with the water in ice to chemically lower its melting temperature to around 15°, well below the temperature we usually have around here when it snows, so the ice melts. Again, I believe during creation God knew we would be driving cars and need ice-free roads so He made salt, one of the most common minerals on the earth, to lower the freezing point of ice so we could drive safely. This is also why we can make ice cream.

The problem for most of us is that we put God in a human box and think He has the same limitations we do. In Matthew 19:26, Jesus said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” To me that says God could in the past, now, and in the future do ANYTHING! So never under estimate the power and love of God.

Written by Kevin Bass, a deacon at Mt. Juliet

# posted by JP @ 12:01 AM on Thursday, November 25, 2010

Comments:

I like the way God interacts with us by showing his power and majesty over His physical creation. I believe it should humble us to know that our God is infinitely powerful over the spiritual and one day we will see that power and majesty in the heavenly realm. Great blog, I think I will wear a wrinkled shirt to work next week just so I will have the opportunity to give glory to God! I am sure my wife will appreciate it also as she so lovingly keeps me all ironed up and can take a break.

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Day 12: Wrinkled Shirts and Icy Roads Thank God for wrinkled shirts and icy roads! How could anybody even think that statement? For just a moment, stop thinking of the bad when you hear of these two things and instead remember that God made everything for our use so there must be something good about them. Most people don’t know it, but my background is in Chemistry. Before owning a print shop, I was an Industrial Chemist for 14 years so I look at life with a very analytical eye. When I look at wrinkled shirts and icy roads, I see the power and love of God. Everybody knows the only way to get wrinkled shirts nice and smooth is to iron them with a very hot, steamy iron. Just heat alone won’t do it. Remember that the boiling point of water is 212°F. Well, cotton relaxes and smooths out at around 203°-204°, just below the temperature of steam, or in other words, a steamy hot iron. Do you think this is a coincidence? I don’t. To me, it shows the power and love of God. As simple and basic as a nice smooth shirt is to us, God knew that we would want it that way, so He made nature work like that. Icy roads can be very dangerous, but if you look at them from a different angle, again you can see the power and love of God. The easiest way to melt ice on roads is to spread salt on them. Do you think this is a coincidence? I don’t. The way salt works on an icy road is that it interacts with the water in ice to chemically lower its melting temperature to around 15°, well below the temperature we usually have around here when it snows, so the ice melts. Again, I believe during creation God knew we would be driving cars and need ice-free roads so He made salt, one of the most common minerals on the earth, to lower the freezing point of ice so we could drive safely. This is also why we can make ice cream. The problem for most of us is that we put God in a human box and think He has the same limitations we do. In Matthew 19:26, Jesus said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” To me that says God could in the past, now, and in the future do ANYTHING! So never under estimate the power and love of God. Written by Kevin Bass, a deacon at Mt. Juliet # posted by JP @ 12:01 AM on Thursday, November 25, 2010 Comments: I like the way God interacts with us by showing his power and majesty over His physical creation. I believe it should humble us to know that our God is infinitely powerful over the spiritual and one day we will see that power and majesty in the heavenly realm. Great blog, I think I will wear a wrinkled shirt to work next week just so I will have the opportunity to give glory to God! I am sure my wife will appreciate it also as she so lovingly keeps me all ironed up and can take a break. # posted by Anonymous : November 25, 2010 at 3:59 AM Post a Comment << Home	Mt. Juliet Church of Christ 1940 N. Mt. Juliet Road P.O.Box 248 Mt.Juliet, TN 37122-0248 (615)758-2274 Fax:615-754-2351 Email Worship Services: Sunday Early Worship: 8AM Sunday Bible Study: 9:15AM Sunday Late Worship: 10:15AM Night Worship: 6PM Wednesday Bible Study: 7PM Past Archives: November 2010 December 2010

Day 12: Wrinkled Shirts and Icy Roads

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