The Answerer

“Wow! Phew, I can feel a book coming on – about 35 chapters too!!” Thanks for the insightful question. 

Not an easy question to answer – I can but try.

Well for starters please ask Mr.Google to call Mr Louis Armstrong to the stage to sing: “What a Wonderful World.” Listen to it well.

From his song we think of life, looking, laughter, and love. Also there is the ‘other side of the coin’ person: Me, mine, and myself.  The foolish selfish person.

Perhaps you meant “Why did God make our bodies like they are?”

If that is what you meant then He did a truly marvellous job of it. Our bodies are truly quite amazing creations – as is the attraction boys have for a girl and a girl has for a boy. But I believe the ‘God’ part in us is mainly the spiritual section. We are different to animals in what we can do – some beautiful and fantastic – as well as horrible and cruel. He gave us a choice!!

Sometime soon, go outside to a park, a garden, natural bush and look at the trees, the flowers, the lawn, and all such things that are a pleasure to look upon. What you cannot see is many insects, microbes, and tiny creatures living in and around the trees and garden. Some bad for us but many good; and some you cannot see without a microscope. All are a part of the whole ‘Web of Life’.  I believe God made us to enjoy it all.

The green leaves take in carbon dioxide and water, and by the light of the sun turn them into wood, flowers, fruit, vegetables and so on.

A bit marvellous Eh? And we are just the right distance from the sun so as not to be too hot or too cold. And if you feel cold you put on warm clothes, and when too hot and you take off some clothes. Who told you to?

It happens automatically because God built in automatic things to keep us well. Even a little child will say: ”I’m too hot,”or “I’m too cold.”

I believe God made for us a beautiful world filled with birds, animals, food, rain, sunlight, winter and summer and much, much more. This is for us to see, to understand, enjoy and preserve. I would hate to live in a land where the weather is always the same with no four seasons

While still on why God made us, do not forget to – on a clear night – look up. Gaze at the moon, then, on a clear night study the 400,000,000,000 stars in the Milky way. Put there by a ‘Big bang’ ?? I cannot believe that is true. (In some places ‘WE’ have so polluted the air that the stars cannot be seen.)

Then observe somewhere if you can the sheer joy, the love and pride of a new mum and dad with their first child – a new life – 50% Mum and 50% Dad. What a joyful miracle. And the joy of watching that child take his first steps, then school, work, a wife and family – with Grandkids for the proud Grandparents.

The bad things: God also made us able to choose to do right or do wrong. We choose what we will be as we grow up. 

Some deliberately choose to put themselves at position number one…and live their life seeking good things for themselves first.

Sadly, in Australia recently, there is a Royal Commission of inquiry as to the sexual abuse of children – by churches and church institutions. Too often at home too, kids can be sexually abused by a family member or relative.

This can permanently damage a child’s happiness for all their life. Jesus spoke of a special punishment for child abusers and I feel good about that. Children cannot protect themselves but the severest punishment awaits the abuser (see Matthew 18:6).

In heaven Jesus will have around Himself all those who choose to believe in Him and follow His ways. That is the ultimate choice and maybe that is why God made us the way he did.

Hope you liked that Jessica.

Ps: A little thought occasionally comes to my mind that maybe God should have added a ‘Keep Australia Beautiful’ gene to the 2,000,000,000 gene pairs that make up a new human baby. But I suppose He would respond: ”I did give you all a ‘common sense gene pairs’...parents must develop it in their children.” ‘Nuff said:  I despise litterers!