{"id":2010,"date":"2013-03-14T21:13:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-14T21:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2013\/03\/talk-about-the-miracle-of-life.html"},"modified":"2013-03-14T21:13:00","modified_gmt":"2013-03-14T21:13:00","slug":"talk-about-the-miracle-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2013\/03\/talk-about-the-miracle-of-life.html","title":{"rendered":"Talk about the miracle of life"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>It\u2019s found in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/lightbox\/bug-eyed-macro-insect-photos-slideshow\/bugs-in-shades-photo-1704010257.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pictures like these:<\/a><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/715\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-0sUGhnRlTU8\/UUJ0I-ArjZI\/AAAAAAAAE8k\/tx5ZL9XKFS0\/s1600\/6-CATERS-Bugs-In-Shades-10-jpg_210419.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"459\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/715\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-0sUGhnRlTU8\/UUJ0I-ArjZI\/AAAAAAAAE8k\/tx5ZL9XKFS0\/s640\/6-CATERS-Bugs-In-Shades-10-jpg_210419.jpg\" width=\"640\"><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"background-color: white;text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif\"><span style=\"line-height: 17px\">\u201cWater droplets\u00a0on an insect\u2019s eyes\u201d PIC BY IRENEUSZ IRASS WALEDZIK \/ CATERS NEWS<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Yes, bugs. \u00a0More specifically, bugs\u2019 eyes. \u00a0But how absolutely breathtakingly awesome. \u00a0I mean, wow. \u00a0Think of the lumbering robots or the puddles of smudge that scientists brag about when they say they\u2019ve \u201cCreated\u201d something. \u00a0And all from materials already produced. \u00a0Then look at this, a mere insect. \u00a0I\u2019m no insectphile, in fact it\u2019s my desire to avoid insects that\u00a0prevents\u00a0me from journeying to places I would otherwise love to travel like Africa or the Amazon. \u00a0For that matter, it\u2019s part of what made my\u00a0sojourn\u00a0in Florida such a drag. \u00a0The state had roaches that took flying lessons (the hot, muggy, 120% humidity was the other problem along with no real changes of the seasons). \u00a0Nonetheless, insects are part of God\u2019s interwoven plan of creation, and when you look at images like this, you just have to pause before casually grabbing that next flyswatter.<br><span style=\"font-family: inherit\"><br><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background-color: white\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit\">\u201cWho is this that\u00a0darkens counsel<br>By words without knowledge?<br>\u201cNow\u00a0gird up your loins like a man,<br>And\u00a0I will ask you, and you instruct Me!<br>\u201cWhere were you\u00a0when I laid the foundation of the earth?<br>Tell\u00a0<i>Me<\/i>, if you<span style=\"font-size: x-small\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small\">have understanding,<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: small\">Who set its\u00a0measurements? Since you know.<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: small\">Or who stretched the line on it?<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: small\">\u201cOn what\u00a0were its bases sunk?<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: small\">Or who laid its cornerstone,<\/span><br><span style=\"font-size: small\">When the morning stars sang together<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background-color: white\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit\">And all the\u00a0sons of God shouted for joy?<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background-color: white\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background-color: white\">Job, 38.2-7<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s found in\u00a0pictures like these: \u201cWater droplets\u00a0on an insect\u2019s eyes\u201d PIC BY IRENEUSZ IRASS WALEDZIK \/ CATERS NEWS Yes, bugs. \u00a0More specifically, bugs\u2019 eyes. \u00a0But how absolutely breathtakingly awesome. \u00a0I mean, wow. \u00a0Think of the lumbering robots or the puddles of smudge that scientists brag about when they say they\u2019ve \u201cCreated\u201d something. \u00a0And all from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2805,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Talk about the miracle of life<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It&#039;s found in&nbsp;pictures like these:&quot;Water droplets&nbsp;on an insect&#039;s eyes&quot; PIC BY IRENEUSZ IRASS WALEDZIK \/ CATERS NEWSYes, bugs. &nbsp;More\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" 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