The world we live in is very clever! We think that we are as mankind, but really we are not so clever.
One of the striking things I ‘learned’ was how, from the 100 elements in the periodic table, nature has essentially used just four - carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen - to produce all living things. (With dashes of sulphur and phosphorus.) Think of the of magnificence engineering and design that has been accomplished with these basic elements; look no further than the strength and flexibility of the spider web. Maybe we have been too clever for our own good, inventing a whole bunch of ways of doing things that have made sense in the short term but have ultimately taken us in a direction that is not sustainable.
We have come to believe that if it is complex it is is clever, yet in God's creation it is the simple that is most clever! I am sure that there are many areas of life and faith that we can use this theory!
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