Memoir of How the Universe Was Created
by S.V. Farnsworth
OK, so I did not create the universe, but I did create something by accident that looked and behaved just like the universe. One lazy summer afternoon when I was a teenager, my family went fishing. We spread out along Cedar Creek, not far from our Missouri home. I climbed out on an overhanging tree and cast out into the current. I watched my bobber drift downstream toward the placid water along the shoreline.
Since no fish were biting, I relaxed and pulled a sleeve of saltines from my backpack. I cast and recast, munching more and more crackers until my mouth became dry. Since my cheeks were packed with crackers and I hadn’t remembered to bring a drink, well, I let the crumbs fall on the still water below.
I had thought perhaps to attract fish, but instead I witnessed something remarkable. The crumbs did not immediately sink, but instead expanded in a circular pattern of swirling systems that imitated the universe. I marveled at the tiny crumb solar systems rotating in their orbits until they completely dispersed and sank.
I crumbled crackers in my hand and let them fall. Again, the universe unfolded before my eyes. Matter fell due to gravity and dispersed along the water’s surface due to surface tension, causing the phenomenon. I abandoned my fishing pole and leaned back against the tree to gaze up at the sky and ponder what I had observed. It was a spiritual experience and as simple as Newton ’s apple.
If I were less satisfied with the answer that the breath of God created the universe, then I would have become a physicist and sorted it all out on paper. I am satisfied that God obeys natural laws, all of which were spiritual first. One day scientists will explain the formation of the universe in such easy to understand terms that we will be forced say to ourselves, “Why didn’t I think of that?”
When throwing stones in Little Sugar I noticed how the rings affect each other like people affect each other. I like how you took it to another level
Dear Gloria,
The Lord teaches us by simple yet powerful means. I love nature; it gives me peace. I need to make sure I'm out in this beautiful world more often. Thank you for the reminder.
Your Friend, Summer