AUGUST 18

Isaiah 45:12

Just as Kai picked up his science book, there was a knock at the door. He peeked out. “I’ll get it,” he called. “It’s Brent. He said he’d come over tonight so we can study science together.”

In the hall, the two boys silently read the assigned pages and answered the questions. “This doesn’t make much sense,” mumbled Kai. “Animals coming from something in the sea!”

The boys looked up as Kai’s mom came into the room with a bag of apples. “Would you like an apple?” she asked. “I just bought them from the market.”

As Kai and Brent helped themselves, Mom continued. “I heard what you were saying,” she said, “and I agree with you. It doesn’t make sense to think that one kind of plant or animal evolved and changed into another.” She picked up an apple, cut it in half, and pointed to the seeds. “If you planted those apple seeds, would oranges come up?” she asked.

Kai laughed. “Of course not, Mom,” he said. “You know the answer to that question.”

“Well, when fish lay eggs, do turtles hatch out?” asked Mom. “Or when chickens lay eggs, do ducks hatch out?” Both boys laughed at that idea.

Mom looked at the apple seeds again. “In a way, the seeds speak to us,” she said. “They tell us that what God said in His Word is true. That He created all things, and He has placed within plants and animals and humans, the ability to reproduce after their own kind.”

“So this book we’re studying on evolution not only doesn’t make sense compared to what the Bible says,” said Kai. “But it also doesn’t make sense compared to what happens in nature, either. I’m glad I know the truth.”

Thought: Do you believe that man’s theory of evolution is just that, only a theory?

Prayer: Heavenly Father, I know many today do not believe in the Bible, or what the Bible teaches in the book of Genesis about the creation account. Help me to know evolution is but a theory, and that it cannot be proven, but the truth of Your Holy Word has been proven again and again. And all of nature is evidence that I have a wonderful Creator! In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.